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The eerie, soft but low wail of the dark figures around me echoed in the swirling wind as I dug my claws into the frozen soil, staring longingly at the distant wooden house, my sharp, pale yellow eyes barely able to see it through the thick sheet of descending snow. There I waited, alongside my allies, watching every move from afar. The snowflakes came down quickly, speckling my light gray fur and feeling as if a million tiny needles were piercing my bare nose. It had been hours since I started observing. We had waited out here in the cold, waiting for a decent time to begin the hunt. The reek of illness brought us here. That scent meant weakness, therefore food. The human that seems to stay there is often afraid of us, since every night …show more content…

I broke the silence, muttering, “She is being protected by another. We must get past her first.” “How?” Maliseet, the quietest wolf whispered, trembling in the cold as the kept his head low. “We distract the protector.” Okalousa, second in command of the patrol grumbled. The pitch black wolf continued. “We act as if we are going to break down the door. Then, one of us tries to get through that small opening beside the door, but be careful. It has an invisible wall.” I nodded, immediately turning to the house again. I finally spoke, “Tinde, you get through the small opening first.” “Me?” The light brown wolf whined, then caught my piercing gaze and nodded nervously, taking the order. We all padded back to the door, beginning to take a small jog at it as we came closer. Tinde suddenly burst into a sprint, barreling herself into the door first. As soon as we all got to the door, we began slamming our sides onto the door, rattling the wood vigorously. The screams sounded up again from inside. As we kept bodychecking the frail door, Tinde took a few steps back and snarled, leaping up into the window and disappearing into it, making an ear-shattering noise as she broke through. Maliseet glanced up at the window nervously, watching Tinde scramble to get inside, still digging at the soil underneath the door. Suddenly, a deafening blast sounded, causing everybody

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