So now it goes on again. The chapter is not that long but at least a little longer. Have fun and don't forget the picking.

It had been two weeks since Hige's death. As long as I was busy I was fine. But as soon as I lay down it was over. I slept poorly or not at all. I also hadn't eaten or drunk anything for days. I wasn't hungry. The others were worried but I couldn't help them. Also, I was rarely out and about in human form. The newer ones didn't know me any other than in the wolf form.

We were sure to be close to paradise. The call grew louder and clearer. In addition, our group grew bigger and bigger. More and more packs joined us. Meanwhile Cheza and I weren't the only female creatures in the squad, but what weren't there many? And when Hige said back then there were about 20 wolves left in the world, he was very wrong.We were now over a hundred animals. And about ten of them including me and Cheza were female. Of course, such a large pack had to be much more careful than a small one. So now we were only out and about at night and hid during the day.

It couldn't be long before we arrived. For a while one could see a mighty mountain range and the call came from that direction. I had the vague feeling that we had to go right there. In the last few days we had grown again and our huge pack now consisted of about a hundred and fifty animals. What excited me the most was that there were also a couple of puppies. The little ones were just cute. Two males and a she-wolf. The two boys Pazuo and Musca were as brown as their parents. Curious and playful like the puppies were, but otherwise good and obedient. But she was called little Sheeta, was different. It was light gray and had slightly darker gray circles around the eyes.You saw something like that just as rarely as mine and Kiba's coat color. She was cheekily awake and always there where she shouldn't be. The nose constantly in matters that were none of their business.

Once again I had the feeling that we were being followed. But not from wolves. Or at best one. So I stopped. If it was a single wolf then he should join us too. Kiba and Toboe almost ran into me and looked at me in amazement. After a while, steps came closer and before we could see him Kiba knew that it was Yaiden who was following them. What was Aki thinking of waiting for him? Yaiden was soon to be seen. I estimated him in his late fifties. He had a shotgun in one hand, in my opinion, but I wasn't very familiar with such things. And in the other hand he held the end of a line. At the other end of the line was a wolf! Which wolf bound itself to a human? And then let himself hang on a leash?I looked around questioningly. The three guys behind me didn't seem to be surprised. In any case, Yaiden threw the gun in the snow as soon as he was sure we could see him. Does that mean he came in peace? Slowly he came closer. He stopped in front of us and said: "I'm not going to hurt you, but please do me my favor and take Blue with you. He's one of you and if you all go then I can't watch him stay alone and suffer. Even if that for me that means that I will die lonely. I nodded slightly. Kiba could only be surprised. He didn't even know Yaiden like that. Usually he first fired at anything bigger than a normal street dog. Yaiden leaned down to his four-legged comrade and took the collar from him. Blue cocked his head. What was all this about? He liked being with Yaiden. Why did he want him to go with the others. Yaiden took the dark wolf in his arms. "Go with them and become happy and free. "said Yaiden and seemed to be close to tears.With the words he gave Blue a nudge in our direction. The wolf looked at him confused. "Go on Blue, don't make it harder than it already is.", Yaiden said and now the tears ran down his head. The dark gray one sadly snuggled up to his master one last time, then turned and went to and with his head drooping. There he was greeted by Kiba, Tsume, Toboe and also by Cheza because he wasn't a stranger to them but an old friend. Yaiden watched us for a while, then he went back, and we went on our way too.

Suddenly the roar of huge engines could be heard and the airship floated above us again. I looked around restlessly. The others were also aware of what that meant and were getting ready for a new attack. Yaiden turned around too. He seemed to know the ship as well as the others and I. And he knew it couldn't mean anything good. As fast as he could he ran to his rifle and picked it up. Then he came back.Apparently he wanted to help us. We sorely needed the help, because the last attack had been child's play. The opponents who appeared as wolves were about as many as we were and those who appeared as humans were about twice as many.

I looked around searching. Cheza was behind me and next to her were Tsume, Toboe and Kiba. Well. At least she was safe. The Kiba would and had already walked over corpses to protect them. The puppies. I looked around searching. Two of the three had been taken in the middle of their pack. But where was the third one. Only now did I realize that it was the little she-wolf. Oh man she totally reminded me of myself. Just cheeky and didn't let anyone tell me anything. I had already discovered it. She was very close to me, but too far away from her pack to bring her there before the attacks started. In addition, it seemed as if she was frozen with fear at the spot on which she was standing.So I grabbed her neck fur and gave it to Cheza. Now the little cheeky badger was safe too. The mother, with whom Cheza and I got along quite well, saw this and concentrated on protecting the two little males behind her. Now the last battle really started. Kiba looked over at Aki every now and then. At the moment she seemed to be in control. But she already seemed to be quite mad. Not much longer and she would freak out again. And the enemies just got no and no less. Although we mowed the opponents and Yaiden he helped us diligently, he shot down one opponent after the other, but he only shot at people. After all, he couldn't know who were of us and which wolves were followers of the nobles.

A while later there was a howl. Tsume, Toboe, Kiba, and Cheza turned around. Now it was time. Aki had lost control. If they were to live with all of this, they would have another serious problem.On the one hand, Hige wasn't there. He was the only one who had had a relationship with her close enough to calm her down. And even he had had great difficulty calming her down. In addition, she had enjoyed combat training with Hige since the first attack, as he had thought that with the right training she would certainly become a serious if not dangerous opponent, even without freaking out. That had also turned out to be true, because Aki had become a lot faster and stronger. Also she knew now consciously how to bite to create an opponent. What also came was all the pent-up anger over Hige's death. Now she fell over her opponents like a fury. Behind her, Cheza, of course, saw her change. Again that veil of anger lay over her eyes. And this time it was justified and that made the whole thing worse. But Kiba didn't have time to worry about Aki for long. Now they first had to see that they survived this battle.After a full two hours, the attackers finally became fewer. Tsume had overdone it, and it had made him especially worse. But the rest of us didn't look any better either. The blood was just running down my flanks. Toboe had helped as best he could, but was soon lying shivering next to Cheza. Kiba looked almost worse than Tsume. Finally they had eliminated the last enemy. But the whole thing was not over yet. On the contrary, thought Kiba. Now we have to calm Aki down. And that will probably be more difficult than just slaughtering a few wolves and people. Because on the one hand they were not allowed to do anything to her and on the other hand they did not want to throw themselves to their death. The boys were just getting ready and slowly walking towards them. Aki was still standing with his back to them. It had also caught it, she was bleeding on both flanks so that the pitch-black fur was sticky. Suddenly and without warning she turned around and Tsume thought she was going to attack her.But when they looked into her eyes it was the normal, soft brown eyes. Although they had lost their luster since Hige's death, there was no anger to be found in them. On the contrary, she seemed happy. Now it was finally over. She turned to Cheza and took the puppy from her hands and set her down. After a long time she changed again and said to Sheeta: "Come on little one, we're looking for your parents and your brothers." While she was talking to Sheeta, who had also turned into a pretty, about five-year-old, light-blond girl, Kiba, Tsume, saw Toboe and Cheza to their friend. So she no longer looked good. The long hair looked blunt, as did her wolf-shaped fur. In addition, she had lost a few pounds, which was not really an advantage given her already slim figure. In good German she looked bad. But they could not ponder long about it because for a long time she did not stay in the human form but changed again.In the wolf form one could not see so badly the skinny she already was. If it wasn't eaten soon, it would fall off their flesh. Or starve. But she stubbornly refused to go hunting or to eat anything if something was brought for her. Right now she was looking around the battlefield, the puppy by her side. The two didn't look alike at all, one almost black, the other almost white, but they were totally the same in character. Both were now looking across the battlefield. Looked at a dead enemy to see if he was really dead, and helped an ally to get back on his feet.

Soon we came to the place where I had last seen Sheeta's mother and her siblings. Here the wolves had really struck. They were simply surprised and so a pack of twenty animals was simply slaughtered. I watched