Ch. 1

"Ari! Run for it!" kiba yelled, as he helped his younger sister escape the fire that had engulfed the area where their pack had lived for many years.

Not long ago, humans had begun encroaching on their lands, and while the pack had done their best to hold them off, their attacks hand only succeeded in angering the humans even more than before. Now they had found where the packs territory was and had set fire to the land around it. At the first sent of smoke, the alpha male had ordered all the able adults to try to extinguish the fires the best they could, but when this plan failed, he knew that the packs only hope for survival was to try to get the children to safety.

Now as Kiba ran, pushing Ari in front of him in hopes to shield her from the flames, he felt panic take control over his actions. What if their parents weren't able to get out? What would they do? Where would they go? He had no answers for the questions that poured into his mind. All he knew was that he had to protect her with everything he had. Distantly, he heard Ari howl a warning to him, and then, searing heat surrounded him. A tree had fallen between the two siblings and had quickly caught on fire. He heard Ari yell out to him, and he knew that he could do nothing to help her escape any longer. He yelled at her to stay away and to get as far away as she could from the fires and the humans that had caused them. The last thing that he heard was the long and mournful howl from Ari as she listened to her brother and left, and then, everything went black….