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Three years back, Adelaide bumped into this spoiled little princess on the wasteland outside the training camp, and they clashed over who should use the training area.
When Paisley tearfully brought pack members to demand an explanation, they found out Adelaide’s mentor was Irene, the legendary trainer of the Warscar Training Camp, and had to slink away.
Seeing her pack members fear the Warscar Training Camp made Paisley furious.
She left her pack, got lost in the mountains, and encountered a beast. At the time, she couldn’t shift and had no wolf of her own. Fortunately, Adelaide was practicing combat skills on the mountain and saved her. The two became best friends from that day on.
“Shut it!”
Adelaide’s Alpha aura leaked out involuntarily, rustling the surrounding grass and trees. “This isn’t the time to discuss pacts. They’re recruiting wolves. We’re joining Alpha Lance to drive the Dragon Ash Kingdom wolves back within their borders.”
To join the battlefield, one needed legitimate warrior status, even the lowest rank would do.
At the mere mention of “legally hunting Dragon Ash wolves,” the four friends‘ eyes lit up.
Paisley’s whip cracked the air first, the metal tip creating a thunderous boom–a unique “Deafening Whip Technique” of the Crimson Flame Pack, using sound blasts to disorient
enemies.
The Camma in charge of recruitment looked up, frowned, and waved them off. “Under eighteens aren’t allowed–”
His words cut short,
Paisley spun and leaped, steel studs on her boot soles sparking against the ground .
Hey whip lashed out like a living thing , ensnaring a granite target twenty paces away. Her left arm suddenly shufted, gray wolf fur bristling with veins, wolf claws gripping the whip handle tightly.
With a myfled rour, spiderweb–like cracks spread across the rock surface. As chunks fell away. they revealed the Dragon Ashi’s ice–pattern insignia embedded within–a provocative display of a wulf & trupalay
“Boun——” die boulder exploded into das
Paisley advanced through the debris, her irises glowing with the wolf’s signature golden–red.
Hey whip tap, still dusted with ruch powder, stopped at the right place. She said. ‘Protecting the
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The werewolves behind stared in disbelief. The lead Gamma quickly nodded: “We’ll take you all! Of course we will ! ”
The five were registered as Gray Claw warriors.
But Paisley raised a dissatisfied brow. “How many kills to get promoted?”
The Gamma flipped through his manual. “Thirty cumulative kills to become ‘Iron Claw, and so
on.”
A arrogant smile spread across Paisley’s face. “Then becoming a ‘Silver Claw‘ general will be a piece of cake.”
Low chuckles rippled around. The battlefield wasn’t a training ground; the Dragon Ash warriors were far tougher than beasts.
Only Adelaide knew the golden glint in Paisley’s eyes wasn’t naivety, but genuine battle lust.
She touched the wolf–head dagger at her gift from her father on her coming–of–age day.
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That night, they’d step onto the battlefield as “Gray Claws.”
The blood of the Dragon Ash Kingdom wolves would stain the occupied grasslands red.
After joining Alpha Lance’s ranks, training commenced.
But for wolves from the Warscar Training Camp, the drills were too basic.
“Ten tests in four minutes,” Avery said, wiping sweat from his brow, his beast–shifted knuckles still gleaming silver. “I miss the camp’s hellish weeks. At least there, the posts wouldn’t snap with a punch.”
At tactical theory class, everyone focused tightly–except Adelaide, the other four’s group combat was stuck at simulated camp exercises.
Late at night, the five huddled in Adelaide’s canvas tent.
grasp of
The portable kerosene lamp cast a flickering glow. Angela’s wolf ears brushed the leather ceiling as she suddenly leaned in and asked, “Are you and Alpha Ulrik of the Bloodmoon Pack mated?”
Adelaide sat cross – legged on the cot and said, “We were once, but no longer. Lycan Erasmus nullified our bond. I’m a free Alpha now.”
“Great!” Angela clapped excitedly. “Leonard was really down about you becoming the Bloodmoon Pack’s Luna. Now that you’re single again, he must be thrilled. Maybe he’s your Second Chance.”
Adelaide flicked her forehead. “Knock it off. That guy’s as fierce as a bear with a sore paw. I’d rather bed a grizzly.”
“But Leonard’s cedar pheromones match yours perfectly!” Angela said, her rose–gold earrings
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“Where do you get these ideas?” Adelaide grabbed a pillow and threw it, wolf feathers and dry straw bursting into the air. “He left for battle the day our pact was sealed and dissolved the bond in the third week after his return. He’s already got a new Luna.”
“So soon?” Paisley spat. “What a jerk. I’ll never be any wolf’s mate.”
Avery said, “Paisley, that’s not fair. If you’re going to badmouth that scum, don’t tar all males with the same brush. I’m a good wolf, and so’s Halbert.”
agree, right… What are you looking for?”
He turned to Halbert, “You
“I’m hungry. Is there any
food?”
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“Where would we get food? I haven’t had a decent meal for days,” Adelaide clasped her hands. “But they must be gathering supplies. Don’t worry, we’ll eat soon.”
She forced a smile, but her friends exchanged glances, sensing an unusual wisp of melancholy in her eyes that they’d never seen before.
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