a firepole appeared in the middle of the spiral staircase and Alex jumped down, going all the way down to the bottom.

Rosa follows Alex and Winter went a different way to get out of the tree.

soon, they were at the bottom.

the howls had become faint whimpers, and they heard gruff laughter and talking.

Rosa starts to draw the arrow on the bow.

Alex raced off to the sound, and saw a horrible sight.

4 burly men with guns and knives (and one had a club) surrounding an albino wolf. it was male, with peircing red eyes and bright white fur, and it had a broken leg (definetly the cracking sound) and a bullet wound in its side. it let out faint whimpers and growls, making the men laugh. its fur around the bullet wound was more red than white. it had blood pooling on the edges of its mouth, making it hack and cough, almost choking on blood.

Alex was furious.

Rosa made a low growl when she saw this. Winter trotted over besides Alex and Rosa and growls when she saw this.

the men froze, hearing the growls and one grinned. *maybe a packs coming. more pay for pelts.*

Alex looked at her freinds and said telepathically, *they want a pack? well give them a pack.* then she became her wolf form, but stronger and larger, now the size of a young bear.

Rosa grins and draws her bow back more. "Alright but be careful," Rosa says in a whisper.

she nodded, stalking to the side and slowly going to another angle.

the albino whimpered.

Rosa slowly walk to the other side. "Winter try and get the other wolf to follow you but be careful," Rosa says in wolf noises so the hunters don't hear her voice. Winter nods and stalked towards the male wolf.