Chapter 5

Mazaska stared at Zayev with disbelief.

"That's the same look all the other wolves look at me." he sighs. "Sometimes I hear them saying that I too will bring destruction to the Four Packs. If my ancestor, Abaddon, rises, everyone will believe that I will side with him. They may even force me to leave the pack!" Mazaska opens her mouth, but nothing comes out.

"You don't know how hard it is. How hard it is to go through the harsh words that they call me." Zayev whimpers, his body shaking.

"I-I'm sorry... I didn't know--"
"Of course you wouldn't know!" he says sharply. Mazaska flinches and takes a step back. "Sorry... I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to."

"It's fine." she says, still agitated.

"What are we going to do then?" Zayev changes the subject. "No one will believe us."

"You can't be sure." Zayev tilts his head. "Perhaps your leader will believe us, but it mustn't come from me, you have to tell him." Zayev snorts.

"You honestly believe that an outsider like me would make a difference?"

"Pack leaders must always hear what their clan mates have to say. True leaders listen." Mazaska explains. Zayev nods in agreement.

"Ok, I'll do it."

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"You wanted to speak?" Alpha Convel circles around Zayev and pierces his dark eyes at at him. Mazaska slouches down and hides behind a bush near the Alpha's Den. She leans in and focuses on Zayev's conversation with Alpha Convel.

"Y-yes... I-I believe th-tha--"
"Stop muttering, young one. It shows weakness." Alpha Convel orders.

"Oh, um, yes sir." Zayev gulps. "I think I recieved an omen from the Sky Spirits." He pauses and glares at Alpha Convel's eyes.

"What kind of omen?" Mazaska lets out a sigh of relief as Alpha Convel said the statement.

"Well, Mazaska had a dream about--"
"Mazaska, the intruder!" roared Alpha Convel. Zayev yelps and takes a leap back. Mazaska gasps and hides deeper into the bushes. "A tresspasser who has omens from the Sky Spirits? Zayev,  you must think. The intruder is trying to spook us. She is trying to make us look vulnerable. For a while I thought that you would better yourself. You are excused." Alpha Convel flicks his tail and Zayev leaves the Alpha's Den. Mazaska makes her way towards Zayev.

"I heard..."
"What are we going to do? The Packs are going to be destroyed!" he wailed.

"The Packs will never be destroyed. Since no one will believe us, there is only one place that we can go to where we can help destroy Abaddon once and for all." Zayev leans in.

"We have to go to the place where the Lights Touch the Sky."