Bab 188: Chapter One Hundred Eighty Eight

Katie ran faster when she noticed the two sets of footprints. The scent of the bear was fresher than that of the white wolf she'd been searching for. It was only now that she was finally able to pick up on the path the girl had taken. It seemed she had also been running about in circles before she settled into the cave. "Lina..." Katie tried calling through the mind link, but there was no response. The girl had blocked them out. All that was left was a race against time. Bracing herself lower to the ground, the white wolf launched into a sprint faster than she normally ran.

Lina, on the other hand, stood in the centre of a cave, sandwiched by two bears. One was a sleeping cub and the other was the cub's mother who had only just returned from her hunt. Two fish lay on the ground at the entrance of the cave. They smelt fresh and made Lina's stomach growl, 'Not at a time like this...'