The cracking sound came, followed by the huff of a large animal.
Valen stepped off the horse and guided it toward the forest. I stayed quiet and still, wondering if the horses hooves were making too much noise.
He slowly drew his bow and reached beside my thigh to the holster of arrows, drawing one and setting it. As he pulled, ready to fire, it came running from out the bushes and he let go, letting it fly and catch into the massive wolves head.
Once he noticed what it was, he drew another arrow and listened for the sounds. There wasn't any others with it, "Lone Wolf." I said quietly.
His eyes moved to me and he gave a small nod before letting the stress off the bow, placing it to my lap as he went to check out the dead wolf.
Valen lifted the wolf and carried it over to the small bac
