Dark Offspring 3
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Dark Offspring 3 by An old sage
Ilyana was disturbed. Strange dire wolves had arrived in the countryside reciently and were ruthlessly hunting the animals. Ilyana was angry. She had never seen such disrespect of nature. Not even from the humans that she hated so. If these were orc she would have understood, but nay these were dire wolves. True dire wolves are evil creatures, but she had never seen anything like this. The most disturbing thing was, their numbers were growing at too fast a rate for natural reproduction. It was time, she decided, to investigate.
Cautiously she followed a pack of dire wolves through the forest. Eventually they reached a large clearing surrounded by the great Yew trees. In the center of the clearing there was a large bonfire surrounded by over fifty hairy humanoid shapes.
Greatly afraid Ilyana pressed herself against a tree and listened to see what happened. One by one the dire wolves transformed into these hairy humans. Suddenly, there was silence. A tall cloaked figure steped into the clearing. It lifted its hood and Ilyana could see the face of the stranger who was staying in the village. Yet the strangers face was different it was covered with a light coating of brown fur and her teeth figured prominently. The stranger raised her hand and all the beast saluted her with the same saluted the guards in the village used. Ilyana gasped when she noticed that the tall one next to the stranger bore a striking resemblance to the captain of the guard...
"Werewolves! So thats it," thought Ilyana. "Not only are these werewolves but they were Dire werewolves. That explained why they were so ravinous. The ferocity of a dire wolf coupled with the cunning of a human. A deadly combination. That stranger must have have poisoned the guards with lycanthropy. That way she would increase the numbers of her pack while at the same time eliminating any trouble the guards would have caused."
This stranger was too clever for Ilyana's liking. She decided that if she did not do something then the werewolves would over run the forest and kill the animals. Then the Yew Militia would march in and kill the werewolves inevitably destroying the forest while they were at it.
She thought for some time but was unable to decide what to do. So she started to follow the wolves to their meetings more often to see if she could get some idea of how to combat them. Then one day around late evening Ilyana was walking through the forest near the village when she saw the stranger walking by. The two of them spotted each other at the same time and frozen.
Staring at each other it was as if they could both see the other ones mind. Both of them knew there was going to a conflict. Ilyana pondered talking, but decided that it would avail nothing. Suddenly she drew her spear and lunged at the stranger. The stranger dodged to the side much quicker than a human could, grasped Ilyana's arm. The stranger wretched her arm to one side digging her claws in. Ilyana screamed and kicked the stranger in the stomach. The stranger was sent flying into a nearby tree. She got up snarling and lunged at Ilyana grasping her by the throat...