Episode 1

### Chapter: Savior

Saya sat there stunned, questioning whether any of this could possibly be real. Then she pinched her forearm, and the sharp sting confirmed what she already feared.

She was locked inside a vast cage made of iron and silver with her father and her sister, Anika. Her brother Elric had made the fatal mistake of kidnapping the daughter of King Alpha Kadir I of the Green Field pack.

Now her family had become hostages, a bargaining chip meant to force Elric to return the stolen princess. Her father, Lord Sallow, was a wealthy and respected man, loved by his people.

How had they fallen so far?

Anika's sobs broke the silence.

Saya watched her. They were only two years apart, but they were night and day. Saya was known for her strength and defiance, according to her mother, while Anika was the very picture of sweetness and submission.

Then a man approached, offering water with false kindness. Instinctively, Saya backed away.

He laughed at her fear. His companions drifted off, leaving them alone in the cage.

The man studied Saya with a lewd gaze and tried to tempt her with the water in his amphora.

Though her father pretended to sleep, the man grabbed Saya by her dark hair and poured the water onto the ground in a mocking gesture before forcing a kiss on her. Disgusted but refusing to break, Saya endured the assault.

Anika's scream woke their father.

In a quick flash of cunning, Saya slid the knife from the man's belt without him noticing.

Her father advanced with contained fury, ready to attack, while Saya, still trapped by her hair, raked her nails across the man's eyes.

He almost cried out, but she smothered the sound with a firm hand over his mouth.

When her father saw the knife, he didn't hesitate. He drove it into the man's chest.

Once the man hit the floor, her father searched his pockets and found the keys to the cage.

With a swift movement, he tossed the body aside.

Saya exchanged a look with her father. They both knew what they had to do.

He opened the door silently, careful not to give them away.

Once it was open, there was only one choice: run. Saya took Anika's trembling hand.

"I'm scared," Anika whispered.

"Quiet. Run for your life, and don't look back, no matter whether Dad or I are with you. Understand?" Saya instructed firmly.

"Will you protect me, Saya?"

"Always," Saya answered, the promise clear in her eyes.

"Now!" her father shouted, and without another word, they broke into a run.

Far from the cage, they shifted into strong wolves. The sound of their paws pounding over the ground alerted the King Alpha's guards, who began chasing them with piercing shouts.

There were too many of them, and escape seemed almost impossible, but Saya remembered her father's words: "It's better to die fighting than live on your knees."

They ran, driven by desperation, with her father covering their backs.

The guards were dangerously close, armed with bows and arrows, firing without pause. Some were in threatening wolf forms.

Fear closed around them, but adrenaline pushed them forward.

***

Not far away, the Luna Dagda pack was gathering berries, herbs, and mushrooms while others hunted to provide for their people.

Among them was Alpha Savir, whose lands had been won by right of an ancient battle.

With his keen senses, Savir caught the presence of strangers and silenced his men with a gesture.

They were few, barely ten, but each one had been a warrior from birth, ready for battle. Savir's wolves scattered, camouflaging themselves among the vegetation and trees as they waited for the threat to reveal itself.

Anika ran without stopping, with Saya and their father close behind.

An arrow cut through the air and struck the man's leg. He fell with a cry of pain.

Saya stopped and doubled back to help her father. Trapped in pain, he fought to get to his feet.

"Go without me!" he cried desperately.

But in wolf form, Saya couldn't abandon him.

Their enemies were closing in fast. Saya searched frantically for something to defend herself with, unaware of Savir's watchful gaze.

He didn't know why, but suddenly the scent of the earth changed, and that she-wolf made his inner wolf roar.

Overwhelmed by fear, Anika broke down crying and begged for help.

When Saya saw a wild wolf rushing toward her, she launched herself at him, into a fight her wolf could not win.

Even so, the wolf went down badly wounded by her bite.

She tried to do the same to another enemy, but failed.

The wolf came at her with all his strength.

Saya fought bravely, but he dragged her down and forced her to shift back into her human form.

"Run, Anika!" Saya shouted.

Paralyzed by terror, Anika barely managed to move while another wolf chased her.

The attacker threw himself over Saya, while another wolf battered her father.

The wolf pinning Saya shifted back into human form. He was none other than King Kadir's champion, the most feared warrior of them all.

Savir watched the scene with icy clarity. He recognized the king's champion, an old wolf enemy he had once defeated. A malicious smile touched his face as he remembered that past victory.

"I'm going to give it to you so hard, little bitch, you'll whimper like a bitch in heat!"

The man tried to tear her clothes. She screamed, clawed at him, and defended herself however she could.

The wolves of the Luna Dagda pack stayed silent, rage boiling in their blood. They could not bear it, not after their people had endured something so horrible.

"Help! Good Luna, Moon Goddess, don't abandon us! Luna Dagda!" her father cried from the ground.

His words were enough. Savir looked at his people.

"Fight!" he said, and leaped out of the grass, revealing himself to his enemies as he shifted into a fierce dark wolf with red eyes.

The guards had not expected him.

The Luna Dagda wolves fought them. They were fierce, skilled combatants who had learned from past mistakes, deadly with arrows and swords and bloody bites.

One by one, the enemies were massacred. The wolves of Luna Dagda were close to finishing them off.

Yulak, the king's guard, grabbed Saya by the throat.

Savir smiled in frustration.

"You're a coward! And you call yourself a wolf? You and your king don't know the meaning of honor. You're beasts, bastards. Will you kill the little one instead of facing me? Coward!"

Yulak's blood heated. He threw the girl aside.

Saya scrambled away when she heard them growl.

Wolf against wolf, they fought to wound each other.

Saya could only watch, then dragged herself over to her father.

"Dad!"

"I'm fine..." he stammered, and Anika, who had returned safely, came to them sobbing and terrified.

Savir bit into that filthy wolf's arm. Saya watched him. He truly was a powerful wolf.

The other wolf tried to counterattack, but couldn't.

The man fell to the ground and screamed in pain.

Savir smiled.

"Tell your king never to set foot on lands belonging to the Luna Dagda pack again, or he'll die like his son!" he pronounced.

Savir walked toward Saya. Their eyes met. For an instant, something strange shone in his gaze. It was radiant. They held each other's stare intensely, and then that scent wrapped around Savir. He knew the sacred bond. It was in her.

"Watch out!" Saya cried behind him.

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