His Human Mate

After Roel and the two women listened to Storm's side of the story, it was then without any hesitation, they decided to help them out.

They quickly made plans and it was agreed that Roel and Jeayan will go with Oz and Atticus whereas Ulanni will go with Storm and Levi. At first, Jeayan wanted to go with Ulanni because she prefers to be with another female shifter but Roel told her that it was better for her to join him. He told her that he will be able to teach her more about shifter bonding if she was close to him. Ulanni just smiled cheekily at his voice of reason and let it be.

Once they were done planning, without wasting any more time, they quickly went their separate ways. Oz led Roel and the other two to the west, whereas Storm led the rest to the east.

As they walked up the hill, instead of getting hotter, it was getting a bit chilly. Probably because they were getting higher up the hill where the temperature drops. For werewolves, they do not like the cold much, compared to the bears, hence Jeayan was feeling cold. Roel, on the other hand, looked as if he did not notice the chill at all.

Noticing that Jeayan was shivering a bit, Oz c.o.c.ked an eyebrow and opened his arms wide, "Need a little warmth, sweetheart?" he asked teasingly.

Before Jeayan could say a word, Roel had growled at him to knock it off and go concentrate on looking for the rogue.

Oz shrugged and continued to walk forward, with a smirk on his face. Atticus followed behind him, still being quiet.

Jeayan looked at Roel, who was still frowning and said softly, "Thank you." Although she was a bit afraid of this packmate of hers, she was still grateful. She doesn't talk to him much since they never had anything to talk or do with each other but she finds it weird that she would feel safe around him.

Roel just grunted and gestured at her to go in front of him.

The four of them fell into silence again as they climbed up the hill. It was tiring but for them, it was a piece of cake, especially for the bear shifters who had lived in the mountain for a long time. Roel had gotten used to the exercise and as for Jeayan, it was fortunate that she had done the training with Latham. Or she would be the one who will become a burden, constantly slowing them down.

Just as they reached a curve which will lead them further in, Roel stopped and sniffed the air. His eyes suddenly turned amber for a second before turning back to his natural eye color. He turned to Oz and the others and said, "We're in luck."

Oz raised his brows. "You're not kidding? Of all the luck?" he asked, surprised.

Roel turned to Jeayan and asked, "Can you smell it?"

She sniffed the air and nodded. "Shall I go capture him first or we'll do it together?"

"Go if you can catch him. We'll be behind you," he instructed.

She scoffed. She then took a deep breath and looked at them. The two brothers were clueless as they stared blankly back at her. Roel understood and turned to them. "Turn around," he said.

"Why should we?" Oz asked, confused.

Roel narrowed his eyes and hissed, "Just turned."

Atticus shrugged and turned around. Oz turned to look at Jeayan who was still standing stiff. It was then realization dawned on him. He chuckled and turned around. Once the two had turned around, Roel, too, turned around. He then said out loud, "Go ahead."

Shortly after, they could hear rustling of clothes being removed. Then sounds of bones cracking and a low growl was heard. The three men turned around to see a light grey werewolf standing on its hind legs before them. It was a bit smaller than the other werewolves, standing tall at six feet. Its fur was thick and discernible under the sun. This was Jeayan's werewolf. And her name was Chiwa.

With another growl, the werewolf immediately ran towards the smell. The two brothers blinked their eyes in surprise; shocked at how fast the female werewolf was.

Roel smiled smugly. He heard from his brother, Latham, that Jeayan was the fastest new shifter among the young ones. Even faster than Erick by mere a few seconds.

He then turned to the other two and said, "Lets go."

Atticus growled, a bit miffed that this mangy mutt was ordering them around as if he was the leader. Oz just smiled but there was a glint of disdain in his eyes. Nevertheless, the two of them immediately got into their birthday suit and shifted into their bear counterpart. Roel followed soon after. Roel's wolf name was Calder. It stood at eight feet tall with glossy black mane, similar to Noaz's wolf. The difference was that Calder's mane has a bit of grey streaks at its back.

The bear shifter whose human form was Oz quietly grabbed their clothes with its claws, carefully to not shred them.

Minutes later, the three shifters ran towards where Chiwa headed, with Calder leading the way.

When they finally reached to where Chiwa was, it was standing above a groveling and screaming n.a.k.e.d man with its paw on top of his back. The man kept clutching his head as he curled in, his knees against his torso. It seemed like the rogue was being forced to change into his human form. When one was being forced to change to their other counterpart, it would make them go insane as their souls were not properly exchanged.

The two brothers immediately went back to their human forms. "That's it?" Oz scoffed as he tossed their clothes down. "I was expecting a fight."

The female werewolf just stared down at the bear shifter without a word. It then turned around and kicked the n.a.k.e.d man, pushing him down to his back.

Roel, too, turned back to his human form and grabbed his clothes to put it on.

After they had changed into their clothes, except for Chiwa, Roel crouched down in front of the still screaming man. He then punched the latter in the face, knocking him unconscious. "Shut up."

Atticus just frowned as he watched this while Oz smiled evilly. "We've finally caught him."

Roel hoisted the man up on his shoulders, his arm around the back of the latter's leg, holding him. He turned to Chiwa and said, "You can change back now."

Chiwa nodded and quietly changed back. After it had changed back to her human form, Jeayan immediately grabbed her clothes with her face turning red in embarrassment. She was still not used to being n.a.k.e.d in front of people. She quickly changed into her clothes and followed the three shifters, heading back to the cabin.

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Ulanni was walking behind Storm and Levi when she received a mindlink from Roel, stating that they had found the rogue. And that, they were currently heading back to the cabin.

Earlier before, they had been walking around but Ulanni could not smell a single sense of the rogue. However, she did sense something dangerous. She could feel her emotions and her inner wolf shouting to be careful.

As they walked deeper at the mountain, it was then, with her sense of sight, she could see a familiar plant. Her eyes widened as she realized that it was wolfsbane. She carefully walked closer, her body on high alert.

The two bear shifters noticed her wariness but did not voiced out. Instead, they followed her from behind, curious to know what it was that was making her cautious.

When she stopped a few metres away from some patches of purple plants, it was then they realized that it was aconitum plants [1]. It was a herb that was known to be dangerous and harmful, not just to humans but also supernatural beings, especially werewolves. Just the tip of it can render one paralyzed and slowly to their deaths.

"You want these?" Storm asked, gesturing to the plants.

Ulanni nodded, her finger on top of her lips as she was thinking of a way to bring them back, without hurting herself.

Storm turned to Levi and nodded.

Levi immediately went off to look for leaves to use it as a cover for their hands. After he had found a handful of leaves, they carefully covered their hands with soil and mud and then topped it with large leaves. Then they slowly pulled the plant off the ground, together with the roots and some soil. Then they carefully covered the whole plant with more leaves, cautiously to not touch any of the plant.

After some time, all of the plants were now covered with leaves and mud and were tied with some vines that they had found nearby. The three of them stood up and were heading back to the cabin.

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[1] Aconitum plant, also known as Wolf's bane. For more information, please google 'Aconitum'.