-Often others open our eyes and only then do we see what we have done-



A carriage rolled along the stony path towards Moron. Fog rose. On both sides of the path the trees became thicker and more diverse over time. A rider caught up with the carriage from behind and knocked on a side window. The window was lowered and an elderly man looked out. "What is it?" He growled grimly. "We shouldn't drive through the forest, it's dangerous here. Soon there will be a junction towards Roên. This route takes three days longer but is far safer," said the rider. "What is dangerous about such a silly forest? Are there any band of robbers here? I think not and I finally hired you to protect me, didn't you?" The old man commented grimly. The rider nodded, but he still didn't like the decision. "But ...", the rider tried again. "No but what is there that is so dangerous in this forest?"The rider lowered his voice and said," There are far worse things than robbers here. The people from Moron and the surrounding villages have already felt it firsthand. Around here they are called the Mensacornasr-Charion clan. "" Clan the cafeteria-what? "" Mensacornasr-Charion, from one of the ancient languages, it means, clan of bloodlust murderers ... "" Charion means wolves, doesn't it? "" Right, they've been up to mischief for several months. "" Wolves, don't let me laugh, and what are you afraid of here? "laughed the old man." Don't laugh, you should pray that we will get out of this forest safely. "" Pray? You are one of the most superstitious people I have come across, but now seriously. I have business to do in Moron and three days less don't fit my schedule. We'll drive this way, no matter what the cost. "" Then it will probably cost you your life, I will not put mine on the line."" Not even if they got double their actual wages? "The rider thought about it then said," All right, but we're hurrying to get out of here. " "I knew it. Go coachman faster. "
The carriage rolled along, the rider let himself fall back a little, but kept looking around restlessly.
Suddenly there was a crack in the bushes, the air was tense to tear apart. Every breath seemed to mean death. The rider became more and more restless. Then he saw a pair of eyes flashing out of the bushes. Immediately he urged his horse on. The carriage was about to turn a bend when a black figure jumped out onto the path. The horse immediately shied away, and the rider fell off the horse in astonishment.
A scream made the old man sit up and take notice, what was that? Suddenly the carriage stopped. The man lowered his window and looked out. "Coachman! Why are we stopping?" When no one answered him, the old man shouted a little more angrily, "Coachman!"
Immediately a figure clad in black fell from the driver's seat.She landed hard on the floor, her face turned to the carriage. The old man stared at the bloody face of the coachman in disbelief. “No,” he gasped, “It's all stupid superstition. It's not real.” Then there was a rustle in the bushes. The old man froze. A gray wolf with a white crescent moon between its eyes emerged from the undergrowth. The old man immediately started to blow his window up, but too late. The wolf took a run, and jumped through the half-open window. Glass splintered. The wolf bared its teeth and walked slowly towards the old man. He crouched in a corner of the carriage, his face rigid with fear in a strange grimace.
A scream echoed through the forest, hundreds of birds startled. A bloodied corpse fell from the carriage. The gray wolf got out of the car with a bloodied snout. His pack was already waiting for him. He looked at her, they understood him immediately and followed him into the forest.When the wolf pack arrived back at the big tree, Trino, Draw, some wolf women and the two young animals were already waiting for them. Draw immediately ran up to the blood-smeared Lina, "What did you think? Lina, we are wolves and not murderers. Lina." Lina turned away from Draw and walked past him to the cave without saying a word to have. "Lina", Draw gasped again, but Lina had already disappeared into the cave under the big tree.
"See it, you are no longer the one who tells her what to do or what not to do." Trino said dismissively. Draw bared his teeth, "And you shouldn't interfere in things that are none of your business." "It's more my business than you," growled Trino, and now bared his teeth as well. "Listen to you both," Nacho intervened. "Shut up, Nacho, it's only business of this wretched dog and me.", Trino snorted at Nacho. "Who's the wretched dog here?" Growled Draw menacingly. "Well, who else?"That was too much, Draw made a jump, jumped on Trino and bit his neck. Trino shook his head wildly and finally threw Draw to the ground, then he approached him threateningly. Draw didn't wait long when Trino got close enough he got up in no time and jumped at him, Trino bit his stomach and Draw stuck his teeth in Trino's back.
"Stop it," growled a wolf. Trino and Draw immediately let go of the other, and deliberately looked guilty at the wolf who had admonished them. It was Lina, "Don't you have anything better to do? The deer will soon move east, winter is already near. Here at the upper edge of the middle forest there are almost no herds. And you have nothing better to do than yourselves to argue? ”“ You just have to say that Lina, ”said Draw. Lina bared her teeth, growled angrily at him and took a step towards him. Immediately Draw backed his nose almost touching the ground."Well then we would have clarified that. Nacho you go west with Draw and part of the pack and from there you drive the deer herds down here, Trino, I and the rest of the pack are waiting for the herds near the big hill "Nacho nodded," All right. Come on. "Half of the pack followed Nacho and Draw, the rest stayed with Lina and Trino.
Shortly before sunrise, a breeze was blowing through Lina, who was standing on the hill and waiting with the others for the deer. "It will soon be time", Lina said to the others. Trino stepped next to Lina and looked to the west, where you could see the sun rising over the great sea. "Do you hear her Trino?" "What do you mean Lina?" "The screams ..., the screams of the favors ... the dead, the screams of those who are forgotten." Trino shook her head, Lina had to smile. She tilted her head a little bit to the floor and said, "You only hear them if you've been to them yourself, or are still there. Do you understand Trino?"Lina jerked her head to Trino, and looked at him with her cold, frozen eyes." Lina ... "Trino stammered. Lina interrupted him," Quietly Trino, I hear you. The time has come for them to come. "Lina let out a hunting howl, the others joined in. Trino just stared blankly at Lina, what did she want from him? He hadn't understood anything.

The weeks passed, and the wolves of the Mensacornrs pack had not seen a single other animal for days. The pack's territory encompassed almost the entire Forgotten Forest, but still no other animal could be found except wolves. It would be a hard winter, Lina had already noticed when the first deer moved east at the beginning of autumn. The deer had never left this early. It worried Lina a little, they were too many wolves to survive the winter without food. Lina saw only one way out they had to move east, but then there was the danger that if they came back, their territory would have been taken over by other wolves.Lina stayed with her pack in the Forgotten Forest, most protested, but Lina saw her only way not to lose her territory. The only question was where to get food from. The wolves quickly found an answer to this: there were numerous villages between the Forgotten Forest and the Roên River, most of which had cows, the perfect prey.
The pack raided village after village, so they soon had enough food to survive the winter.
On a moonlit winter night, Lina and Draw were out scouting out where to find easy prey next.
"Lina wait," called Draw. "Come on, we don't have all night." "I can't go on." Draw stopped, exhausted. Lina stopped and went back to Draw. "Well, then we won't take a long break." Draw nodded, exhausted, and slowly let himself fall into the soft snow. After a while Lina sat down in front of him, in the snow. "Lina, I don't know if what we're doing is good."" We have to, otherwise we will starve. "" Not that about people. "Lina looked in blank expression." What did you do? We kill them to get revenge, but what do we take revenge for? "Lina got up angrily." For what, for the death of our brothers and sisters, for the extinction of our pack. “Draw got up slowly, too.” But has the people's debt not been paid? "" As long as there are people, they will kill us too. You draw it - people aren't the nice creatures you think they are. "Draw didn't reply, Lina was obsessed with the idea.
They continued leisurely on their way. All of a sudden Lina stopped. "What is it?" Asked Draw. "Nothing, I thought I heard something, but I was probably wrong." Draw went on, Lina hesitantly followed him through the bushes.
Lina froze in front of her and Draw stood a little boy. "What should we do now?" Asked Draw. Lina thought about it and finally said, "Let's just ignore him."Lina had just taken a step forward when arrows whizzed towards her. Lina ducked quickly, but Draw didn't have enough time to react and was hit in the chest by two arrows. A man appeared and stood protectively in front of him Boys, he had a crossbow in his hand. Lina growled angrily, and jumped at the man. He struck Lina with his crossbow. Lina dodged and struck her teeth into the crossbow. With a strong movement of her head, she snatched it from the man Device, and hurled it into a bush. Lina growled up to the man, who pushed the boy back, and then backed away a little. "Lina…. "Lina turned her head. Draw was bleeding heavily from his chest in the white snow." Lina, you mustn't kill any more