The Triplet Warriors and Their Pup Mate novel Chapter 2

~Ellie's Point of View~

I came to a clearing and sighed, desperate to rest. Just when I almost keeled over from exhaustion, I heard the sound of pups laughing. A second wind of energy washed through me and I followed the beautiful sound. I came to a family playing in a lake and washing clothes.

As I began to approach the woman and her two pups, I collapsed in the grass.

“Oh my goddess, pup are you okay,” she asked.

My eyes were heavy, I was keen to sleep for a few days but I was also starving. I gathered what strength I had, and made a desperate pitch to her.

“My family was killed in an attack, I’ve been running for a long time, will you take me in,” I asked in a small whisper.

I wasn’t above stretching the truth at this point, I was desperate as could be. A pup came with a small bowl of water from the lake, and I took it, chugging it down and panting.

The woman nodded and the second pup brought more water as she started to clean my legs. I leaned down to see a horrible fright … they were scratched and bleeding, and covered with dirt and mud. My clothes were tattered and filthy.

I knew my blonde hair was likely full of dirt and mud, it was stuck to my neck and it was damp. I was sure I looked like a crazy person.

“My name is Valerie, and you are welcome to stay with my pack for as long as you need, what is your name pup,” she asked.

I smiled, “Ellie, I’m Ellie.”

She smiled back at me, as did her pups, introducing themselves as Molly and Greg. I guessed them to be twins, and about ten. Multiples were very common among shapeshifters.

I laid in the grass with my new friends until they were done with their laundry, and then followed them to their pack.

I decided I couldn’t just come right out and tell my new pack the real story, I would have to blend in, gain their trust first. I felt awful being dishonest but I didn’t think I had a choice.

After some time, I would come clean and hopefully by then I would have proven my worth and they would let me stay.

My new pack, Whisper Crescent, was very small and full of kind hearted people. Blood Claw was so focused on fighting, war and power but this pack was happy and content in a way I had never experienced. Everyone was just so nice, and actually genuine, it was like a fairy tale.

Whisper Crescent tried to live in harmony with nature, and therefore they had no electricity and no running water anywhere.

I was at first blown away by this, but after a few weeks I didn’t even miss it anymore. I learned how to cook with a wood stove and I learned how to make a fire from just what I could find in the woods. I treasured every day with my new friends, and as the weeks and months blew away,

I knew I would have to come clean with my secret soon.

Rumors soon passed through the pack that Blood Claw was successful in their wars which had waged on for months. In the end, they had gained two new packs and took on a massive amount of new territory, making it one of the largest packs in all of Canada.

We were entering winter, and I was starting to learn more about our geography. I discovered I had made it all the way above Moon Comet’s pack lands, to my current destination.

Unfortunately, Moon Comet was no more, and was now controlled by Alpha Gunner. Which meant, Blood Claw was now our neighbor. When I heard this news, my heart sank, feeling that they could literally be here any day now.

I prayed to the Goddess every single night to help me, to help me find my mate. I was beginning to feel incredibly depressed, and hopeless. One night at dinner, I confessed to Valerie and her mate Thomas about my blood oath and how Alpha Gunner had vowed to find me if I ran away.

Thomas sat in shock, confused and angry but not at me, thankfully.

“Your oath is void, an eight year old cannot be forced to agree to that, you were … heck you are still a pup since you are without your wolf. The council would never enforce that, it’s absolutely ridiculous!”

Valerie nodded in agreement, “we will keep you safe here, this is a peaceful pack and no one bothers us, plus it gets way too cold here for anyone to want this territory. You’ll see, in another two months we’ll all be huddled up together half the time, trying to stay warm!”

The pups laughed and nodded.