After a while, the black wolf came back to their base. Max, Zackary and Matthew were huddled together, sleeping in the crammed space.

Max was jolted awake by the black wolf coming really close to his face.

"Whoa, what the fuck do you want?" Max said, taken aback.

The black wolf growled. "You need to be awake, we're almost ready to leave. Now that it's night, the crows won't notice us."

"Okay, whatever." Matthew said while rolling his eyes.

"Hey, we never got your name?" Zackary said to the black wolf.

The black wolf sighed and looked at the three of them. "Shadow. Now, get ready, eat what i brought you, and let's go!" He said, his tail whipping the root as he went next to their tree and waited.

Matthew scoffed and looked at his friends again. "What is UP with that guy?" He winced.

Max was confused.

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After their meal on a plump rabbit, the three wolves walked out of their territory, when suddenly, Shadow shot forth at them.

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"WHOAH!" Matthew yapped while jumping back a little ways. The wolf stepped closer and closer. Max and Zack looked at him in shock.

The black wolf lowered his head as he began to circle with his obsidian eyes locked on them. What was he DOING? Max thought to himself. "Shadow! WHAT THE FUCK!" he exclaimed.

The black wolf slowly turned his head to meet Max's gaze. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm checking to make sure you aren't a threat and Valerian really did send you!"

"She DID!"

Matthew laughed nervously as Shadow sniffed his face. Max didn't feel comfortable with his presense; it gave him a chill down his spine, even Zack looked at him nervously.

Once the black wolf felt comfortable around them again, he then said. "Alright, you're good."

He walked on, ordering the others to follow him. The others obeyed as they walked with their heads down and their tails between their legs.

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They followed the strange wolf.

"So, what's your story?" Matthew asked.

The wolf said nothing.

"Shadow?"

Still nothing.

Max's focus on the black wolf broke as he heard the voice again.His eyes darted around, desperate to find the source of the noise. Right away, Max could tell, that all eyes were on him now.

Indeed, Matthew, Zack, even Shadow looked back at him. His friends turned to the black wolf. Shadow stepped toward him.

Max couldn't tell if his cold sweat came from nervousness as Shadow moved closer to him, or it was another fever coming to the surface.

He closed his eyes as Shadow began to sniff him. Max then realized that the shaking he was bringing out was his own nervousness from the unknown friend or foe of this being.

"A-any-th-thing?" Matthew stuttered.

Shadow still had no words, he only turned away from Max.