Chapter 1

Chapter 1
Frostclaw watched the boys play dreamily. It was just too long ago when she played with her siblings like that and now she is a warrior. The she-wolf smiled when she heard the squeak of larch cub, which was buried under his brother birch cub. The call of her mother Soottail interrupted the game. The boys padded to her and started drinking from her. Frostclaw remembered her time as a student. How often she had done mischief with her sister Glanzschweif and her brother Lichtfurz until a hunting accident tied Lichtfurz to the building of the elders. Frostclaw's former mentor trotted over to her and Frostclaw stood up. > Good morning, Frost Claw. <greeted dock-claw,> ready for the hunt? <Frostclaw looked at her with wide eyes. Her first hunt as a warrior. > But of course dock claw! <Frostclaw stretched and yawned again. She was just about to set off when a patrol of wolves rushed into the camp, above all Black Tail. Frostclaw froze at the sight of the older warrior. Dock-claw came to her side. > But they're in a hurry again. Are certainly totally starved by the night watch and now think they have to eat away our fresh prey! she growled contemptuously, but Frostclaw wasn't listening to the brindle she-wolf. Her gaze rested on Hawk Eye, who was the last to enter the camp. She watched the brown wolf with the blue eyes as he settled near the warrior's den and was greeted longingly by glossy tail. "But she's lucky that she has Hawk Eye as a partner ..." muttered Frostclaw, noticing that one of the patrols was missing. Where was Longfur? Shortly afterwards there was a rustling from the tunnel that led to the camp and moss fur with long fur came through. Both looked terribly wounded, but long fur looked worse than moss fur. Dock claw rushed to the two of them and Frost claw did the same.> Moss fur! Long fur! What happened? <Frostclaw looked from one to the other in shock. "Bloodsuckers ..." squeezed out Longfur between clenched teeth before collapsing. > Let's bring both of them to Polka Dot, she'll take care of them. <Frost Claw nodded as dock claw suggested and pulled long fur on the neck fur. Frostclaw supported moss fur and so they went to Polka Dot. Polka Dot is the clan's healer. Together with her student Hellpfote, she took care of the injured. The healer looked up when a shadow appeared at the entrance to her den and Frostclaw looked up too. There was ... hawk eye! Frostclaw quickly looked away again, because she knew he wasn't going to talk to her anyway. Something touched her shoulder and she saw that dock claw was already leaving the burrow when she followed her. > You like him what? <Dock claw was good at finding out things that were kept secret from her. > He's not the right one and anyway he already has a glossy tail.<Frostclaw stood firm. She wouldn't admit to anyone how her love for the beautiful warrior really was. Then, to distract from the subject, she said, 'Didn't we want to go hunting? Come on! <And the she-wolf with the amber-colored eyes was storming out of the camp.