Chapter 17: A Chance Meeting


    When Garrick opened his eyes the first thing he saw were the animal toys carved out of pure


    Mahogany woods hanging from the roof sparsely and dancing along the wind. He looked sideways and


    was surprised to see an open window which threw light all over the room. His body ached all over and


    betrayed him when he tried to sit up. His treacherous mind was making his movements numb. With


    much courage and determination he gathered his strength andnded his feet on the ground. Soon his


    veins throbbed with a dull pain and he moaned.


    "You need to rest."


    Garrick''s pain was subdued when a beautiful girl sat besides him with a bowl in her hands.


    "The effects of the medication will go away soon and you would be able to walk in no time."


    All Garrick could do was to stare at the girl trying to understand the situation and what she was saying.


    He remembered that he was in a market; he felt sick and his wolf wanted out. Then nothing.


    Thinking about his wolf he realized that he could not feel the animal within him.


    He ran his hands through his chest and squeezed his eyes. "I cant feel anything. I cant feel my wolf!"


    He whispered in horror.


    Thedy kept the bowl on a nearby table "Your wolf is weak. For now." Garrick raised his brows but


    sighed with relief that his wolf was still alive. "Don''t worry. By evening everything will be back to normal;


    but till then you need to rest."


    "Thank god you are awake mutt. I thought we have to arrange a funeral for you." Can shoved Archer


    for his hurtfulment.


    "How are you feeling?" Can asked worriedly.


    Garrick avoided Can and looked sideways "Better. Lets do our job and leave this ce as soon as


    possible."


    Fayette did not liked the tone in which Garrick was talking to Can but she kept it to herself. She


    sighed and stood up to face him. "You wont be able to walk for a few more hours. You have to take


    rest."


    Garrick scrunched his nose but reluctantly agreed knowing that there was no way out of this misery. "If


    you say so; but the moment I am able to stand we leave this ce at once." he pointed to Can.


    With that Garrick closed his eyes and let sleep takeover.


    Can was seemingly worried for hispanion as he thought it was his responsibility to keep him


    safe. Can was aware of how the human world works but he never had the time to exin any of it to


    Garrick. And how could he? Garrick always kept to himself and was distant whenever Can


    approached him.


    Can decided to reach the mountains without Garrick as thetter was of no help while the medication


    would take time to wear off. He along with Archer left the human vige and marched to their next


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    destination.


    After long tiring hours of tedious journey Can reached the chief of bears and respectfully invited them


    over to the pack for the coronation ceremony.


    On their way back, both men halted near the foot of the mountain and rxed under the shadow of a


    huge tree. They decided to take a quick nap before heading for Fayette''s ce.


    About an hour or so, Can woke up hearing sound of some rustling of bushes which wereter


    followed by loud growls. He tilted his head left and saw that Archer was still in his dreand with his


    mouth open and loud snoring. Against his better judgement he decided to look over what was


    transpiring behind the bushes.


    He travelled along the path of the audible noise which was growing stronger with every closing


    distance. His eyes widened when he saw what was happening in front of him.


    Fiverge wolves had surrounded aparatively petite wolf and seemed ready to pounce on it at any


    moment. One of the hind leg of the wolf was badly hurt and he was limping. The wolf was barely


    managing to stand on all its fours. Then he saw the eyes of the other wolves.


    They were ferals!


    Can blew his darts to the direction of the wolves and gaining advantage of the distraction he was on


    the petite wolfs side the next instant. The darts however did not do much damage as Can expected,


    instead it made them even more angry. They marched ahead with clear sights of thier victims. A human


    and one injured wolf.


    One of them blindsided the limping wolf and attacked its injured leg one more time, sinking its teeth


    deep into the mass of the wolf. The wolf cried with all its might and fell to the ground. Can tried to


    help save him but he was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the ferals. One of the wolves crossed


    his paws across Can''s body and tore his shoulder. The ferals then growled and gathered around the


    man ready to devour its flesh. They were determined to approach the victim with bloody red eyes,


    ready to kill him.


    They were stopped in their tracks when an earth shattering growl reached their ears catching their


    attention. It was a signal for danger, for what was next toe. As if the growl was not enough, the


    earth vibrated with iing footsteps of an unknown creature. The ferals gathered on one side and


    faced the direction from where the possible danger was supposed toe.


    They were ready to attack the creature but all air left their lungs when they saw a massive ck bear


    thumping its paw, growling and then thumping its paw to the ground again.


    The ferals realised that the party was over for them. Fear evident in their once red eyes, two of them


    even tried to leave the scene but were halted when Can boomeranged his metal ropes across the


    legs of the ferals. Seeing the injury of Can the big bad bear became angry even more.


    He marched ahead and with one swift movement of his paws, he smashed the head of one of the ferals


    to the ground. The other wolves tried to attack the bear, bite him, scratch him, do anything in their


    power to subdue the beast but they failed every time they attacked. Not only was Archer swift in his


    movements but his skin had thickyers which made it difficult for the wolves to tear it with their bare


    teeth.


    All it took was one fatal blow from the bear and the wolves were left unconscious one by one on the


    ground.1


    Archer then transformed in his human and approached his injured friend.


    "You know I was handling the situation quite well." Can joked.


    "I can definitely see that." Archer scoffed while looking around the lying human bodies which once were


    the deadly creatures. "I was having these wonderful dream about catching somerge fish in theke


    and we both were enjoying the meal to our fullest. I woke up to tell you I was hungry but of course you


    were absent from the said spot. Care to exin why?" Archer raised a brow.


    "I was just helping this wolf in need."


    "Which wolf?" Archer questioned looking around.


    "This one right.... where is HE?" Can frantically scanned his surroundings but could not see the


    injured wolf. "I swear it was right there. It could not have gone far, we must find him. Try to..."


    "SShhh... you need to take care of yourself, besides the wolf left and certainly it does not want to be


    found or else it would have told you something or perhaps waited here."


    Can sighed andprehended Archers reasons.


    "Let us go to the human vige, Garrick could be awake and we need to be with him. It is a strange


    ce for him."


    "I cant believe you are still thinking about that stupid mutt. You mean nothing to him. Stop worrying, he


    would be fine by himself. Besides what do you want to do with these wolves. They are still alive you


    know."


    For a moment there Can just forgot about the unconscious wolves lying around him. These wolves


    were found near the boundary of the farthest vige of the blue moon pack; this cant be a coincidence.


    There is every possibility that these wolves could have malicious intentions towards the pack and


    hence they must be taken to the pack warriors for further interrogation.


    "I need you to pick up Garrick from the human vige and I will take these ferals to the pack council."


    "What! Me and that mutt.. NEVER!" Archer huffed his disagreement.


    "Please Archer.. I have to take these wolves to the pack before they regain themselves. You know as


    well that I don''t have a mind link or else I would have called someone for help."


    "But your shoulder needs treatment. It is bleeding."


    "I promise to get treatment once I reach the pack house. I''ll handle these beings and head straight to


    Aurora."


    Archer sighed and groaned but reluctantly agreed. "I''ll leave the mutt to your boundaries. No further."


    Can nodded.


    Archer helped Can load all the bodies to a cart which they rented from a nearby settlement and then


    the two friends bid farewell for their respective journeys.


    After about an hour Can reached the main vige after crossing many pack viges. He made sure


    that the ferals were still unconscious and jumped to the ground. Now the first thing he needed was to


    contact any of the council members and inform them about what transpired. He saw a girl passing by


    and sought to ask her help.


    "Hello Sivena." Can said with a smile "I just wanted a favor to ask."


    The poor girl could not believe that Can was talking to her. She waspletely mesmerised by his


    beauty.


    "Y-yes. Ah.. A-Anything." she batted her eyshes andughed nervously.


    "Thank you; could you please link my father and tell him that I want to meet him and the council. Say its


    urgent and must be looked upon with utmost priority."


    The girl stood there dumbfounded staring unashamed to the sheer beauty standing in front of her. She


    was so much in her own world that she did not pay heed to what Can had said.


    Can waved his hands to gain the girls attention when she was not responding. "Sivena, you there?"


    The girl got out of her trance as she fidgeted andughed nervously. "C-Could you repeat what you


    want me to say to your father."


    Can reiterated his words and waited for the girls response.


    "They are on their way." She yfully smirked as she rotated the fine strands on her forehead with her


    fingers ever so slowly "Anything else you want me to do."


    "That would be all." Can smiled awkwardly at her "Thank you for your help." The girl reluctantly left


    the spot. Now all Can was left to do was wait.


    His shoulder though was rming him to find sce urgently.


    Unknown to him, one of the ferals woke up and freed himself of the chains which were binding them.


    He slowly stepped down and looked at his tormentor who was busy nursing his wound. They were in


    the open fields and very few people were roaming around at this time. The feral thought about his


    escape and the only hurdle standing in his way was this man who he knew was not a wolf which made


    the task even easier.


    In a matter of seconds the feral transformed into his wolf and charged towards Can.


    Can was off guard by this sudden attack while the feral took advantage and bit his injured arm.


    Can moaned in pain which was difficult for him to bear. The teeth had sunk to the depths of his


    bones. The pain was excruciating and insufferable.


    Can released his pocket belt to get to his knife with his other hand. He then breathed and with all his


    energy, he stabbed the leg of the feral.


    The feral retreated in pain but was back up shaking his head to attack once more. Can caught hold


    of the nearest thing he could use as a weapon. He reached for the cart and retrieved the whip; but to


    his horror the entire group of ferals had joined him by then. They were awake and they were hungry for


    Cans blood.


    Can was firm and bravely stood in front of them. His wounded arm glued to his torso and the other


    hand was whip cracking, indicating that he was ready for the fight.


    "Who wants to go first?" He snarled with blood dripping from his other arm.


    The wolves charged towards Can but were halted in their tracks when a loud thunderous deafening


    growl tore their ears. Standing behind Can was a big ck wolf who gritted his teeth; snarling and


    growling with all his might.+


    His eyes were bloody red and he was angry as hell..