" Mia? How did you know she was outside? " Lin asked his Nana."Well you see, I know quite a lot of things. It's part of who I am now. I have been seeing a lot of things all these years. Sometimes it's like nightmare going to sleep with all those visions. But it has become a habit now., " Nana said looking beyond the Fox fortress." Why do you say we shouldn't let her wait outside? What's out there? What was the evil that we all felt? " This was Lin's first question that poured out instinctively, though he had a hundred problems stacked in his mind that he wanted a clarification to." It's the ghost of our pasts. The evil of our ancestors. " Nana shuddered a little as she mentioned it, " It's nothing like a living being. And it has its eyes set on it's prey. "Before Lin could understand what Nana was saying, she went into her trance like state in the middle of her sentence. Lin desperately tried pulling her down but she kept being afloat mid air. However she didn't speak like she usu

" Why are we waiting here? What are we waiting for shouldn't we be going after it? " Lin could barely hold himself together as Xie searched around to trace the direction, they had taken. Lin was the best when it came to track something, but emotions were over powering him. He neither could see any trail nor could he distinguish their smell. His body was asking him to run in the direction his instict told him. He felt like tearing open then insides of the beast that had his Mia in possession. The foxes and wolves, though had non-human ancestry, they never behaved animal like. At least not the royals. Some did in scenarios of extreme like hunger or starvation, like in the case where Boshu was once attacked when he was young. However that day, Lin could no longer keep the animal inside him under check. His eyes changed colour rapidly indicating the swings his mood was experiencing. This was the trait that Mia most enjoyed in him. She would stare endlessly at those ever changing hues as t

"What's happening to her? " Xie panicked as he saw Nana levitating at an odd angle as soon as they landed on the wolves' ground. Even their landing wasn't smooth. Nana's sudden trance had forced them to stop mid-route. "Lin, what's wrong with her? We need to call for help, " Xie emphasized again. It was very disturbing scene for a first time witness like Xie. Lin wasn't as anxious as he had seen her like that before. But for Xie, the red haired being, talking in a chorus with eyes scary enough to petrify somebody seemed nothing less evil and threatening than Jin's demonic grudge. " Lin, are you even listening. Move away from that thing. Let me get some back up. " As he was about to pull Lin back from Nanako's grip, Lin held his hand."Sshhhh! Listen carefully Xie. It's the oracle. " Lin hushed him with a firm grip.Nana repeated the riddle yet again. This time with severity.Her shape slowly shifted to a fox like structure and then back, leaving Xie with his jaws wide open. She gradual

"Lost it? I don't understand what is that supposed to mean? " Lin was going into a little frenzy." I remember, I had first seen it on my brother Jin. He would go about proudly flaunting it. When we would try grabbing it or pulling it, he would get so angry. He had it where ever he went. " The wolf king recounted. " After he was cursed and banished, our kingdom was in shatters. My father was unable to carry on the task of kingship due to his emotional condition. There was war everywhere. There were even in fightings inside our palace. Every rat wanted it's share when the elephant was dying. I still remember when your father had sent his support in the form of our marriage proposal, " The wolf king turned to face his queen. "Though it was a marriage of convenience, it was my only weapon against the rebels. I would be forever indebted to your father for that. "" It was for our entire wolf nation. For our kind. My father didn't do you any favour. He just chose the best side in the battl

"My Lord, what is it that's bothering you? Why did you leave the room thus? " The wolf queen asked her husband as he rushed back to his chamber and sat restless on his place.The king heaved deep signs as he looked hither thither."My Lord... " the queen began but was cut short." Is that even possible? That is the only logical explanation I can come to. Ah! My luck. My luck. I can't believe I am even thinking it could be so. But it is. Reality is indeed stranger than fiction. It is indeed. " The king heaved another deep sign.Just then Xie, Roe and Lin rushed to the entrance to the kings chamber and yelled for permission to come in."Come in children, come in. " He said as he sat a little more comfortably." Nana said the pendant is still with a wolf. Somebody from the Royal family, " Lin got straight to the point." She's come back to her senses. She alright? " The queen inquired." Yes mother. " Roe replied." With a wolf you say. Hhhmmm. I think I know where it might be. " The kin