And that was the end of everything that Aella said to Shin. Indeed, she didn't see or hear everything that actually happened, but she was somehow able to relate to them.
All she said was how the terrain was set to fire, she had no idea about what had happened to Kira or Siara. Nor she had any idea about what had happened to Aaron.
She didn't even mention that Aaron was the one who betrayed them, but it was quite evident when she mentioned the vanishing of all the wolves from the Biola clan.
Also, she had mentioned the magic circle that caused the havoc. The barrier was also mentioned by her.
Shin was easily able to deduct that this was all a trap or some sort of evil plot. But he had no idea why someone would do that, so when he thought for some time, he finally realized that this was all a setup made to eradicated Kira and his clan perhaps!
'I don't know the exact reason but it seems like this is related to the Clan wars in some or the other way...', that was what Shin deducted from whatever Aella said.
In any case, he had to survive now with Aella, and look forward to the future, at least that's what he thought earlier. But when he saw tears flowing down Aella's eyes, he had to think otherwise.
"What happened Aella?"
"Why..."
"Why are you crying?", he asked.
"..."
"I... I don't know...", tears just kept flowing down her eyes.
Shin was confused by that and so was Aella but perhaps Shin had already guessed the reason for that.
'Is it because her parents are no more?', Shin asked himself.
Well, he was right. Aella was indeed crying because of the sudden loneliness that she started to feel.
All this time she had been with Siara and Kira. No matter how small she was, she felt the love from them.
Also, there were tons of wolves to keep her company. Many even gave their blessings when she was born.
The wolves used to chat a lot due to which it was never too quiet in the White wolf clan. She missed all of them but more than that she missed Siara and Kira.
'But I still doubt that Kira is dead...'
'I guess he might have survived after all he was pretty strong!'
"..."
'What about Siara? She should have survived too right?', he kept asking himself since Aella had no idea about them, to begin with.
Now Shin was also sad after seeing Aella shed tears. He walked towards her and licked her tears away.
'Yikes, it's salty!', he said to himself.
Of course, it would be salty, what else did he expect?
"Don't cry, you need to be strong."
Though he believed that Kira and Siara were fine, it was a fact that they were missing so he couldn't completely confirm that they were alive!
That was why he couldn't even reassure Aella that they were fine.
"I will avenge them...", it automatically came out of his mouth.
Aella heard that and stopped crying but her heart was still in pain. A weird pain it was because she herself couldn't describe it.
In any case, even if she couldn't remember them completely, she could still recall the feeling of love and probably that was the source of pain. But that didn't mean that she would forget the feeling of love in order to avoid pain!
That was probably why Shin said that. Without a doubt, it reduced her pain but it never vanished.
"Yes...", that was all she said as she leaned on him.
Shin didn't move from his place and allowed her to lean while thinking something.
After that, both of them moved away from the place and decided to explore the forest. Of course, they promised themselves to get stronger as time passed but that didn't mean that they would put themselves in danger!
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Days passed one by one and within a blink of an eye, a year had already passed away!
Somewhere in the middle parts of the great forest of Thuren, the fourth largest forest in the world...
Both of them had grown in size too, but Aella had a much greater growth rate when compared to Shin.
Shin was now the same size as Aella from the past when she had just evolved, whereas Aella was half the size of any normal wolf.
Both Aella and Shin were in a cave while trying to shelter themselves from the rain. They literally raced each other to reach the cave earlier and of course, Aella won it.
"Hehe, I'm much faster than you, don't you agree Master Shin?", Aella asked.
"Sigh, indeed you are, now quit bragging about it and come closer, or else you will get cold!".
Aella obeyed him and got closer to him. Aella's fur was quite wet since she had run in the rain. It was the same for Shin too, however, it took no time for him to dry himself!
However, Aella liked cold things, especially rain, well somewhat like Shin!
It was not as if SHin had started to dislike cold things, it's just that he started to avoid cold things in order to prevent Aella from getting sick.
Perhaps, he had started to see her like a family member for whom he was ready to go to any extent. Thanks to his human-like mentality, he thought that Aella would end up getting sick which was quite contrasting since Wolves rarely or almost never get sick since they do not catch a cold!
That didn't mean that they were immune to everything! They would still suffer from tons of injuries and other problems!
When Aella got close to Shin, she started to blush and her words started to stutter. In any case, she was quite uncomfortable when she got closer to Shin, probably because she was in love?
She had been with him for over a year and had seen many things. She had seen his kindness and many other things thanks to which she was indeed in love.
A wolf's reproductive period lies from one year to three years, so it was normal for her to get attracted to Shin who seemed quite charming in her eyes.
As for Shin, this attraction didn't matter, at least not for now.
'She is indeed like her...'
'Like my sister...'
Shin rubbed her wet body so as to dry her by taking water from her fur to his own fur and then drying it by twisting his body or using leaves.
They were having pretty normal lives till now. Hunting, playing, eating, playing, hunting again and sleeping, it was a part of their lives.
Aella had almost forgotten about the pain of losing Kira and Siara, however, Shin had never once forgotten about the promise that he had made that day.
'Am I strong enough?'
'I guess not...'
'Just a bit more I guess...'
'I will become the strongest wolf, take revenge for Kira and Siara, and unite all the clans!'
'That way the Clan Wars will be stopped!'
[ Level: 71 || Max. level: 80 ]
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To be continued...
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