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Chapter 17
Dernial wrestled with Janama. Janama was a well-built, strong wolf. It was rather obvious that Dernial would lose. But Julie was already rushing. In places where she touched the snow with her paws, the snow turned into water vapor. The fire, fueled by the heat of hatred and pain, was very hot. She ran to Janama, then clawed at the shiny white fur. He howled with pain. He ran away a bit, but Julie wasn't going to leave it like this. In the place where he stood for a moment she made a circle of lava. He stood in the middle and had no way to move so as not to fall into the lava. All wolves froze looking at this scene.
Janama decided to jump.
"Idiot" Julie thought triumphantly.
But then Janama rose into the air. He wielded the elemental wind, so he could fly. What's more, he drew water from a nearby stream and poured it on Julie. It paralyzed her for a moment.
Janama flew on and began to help his warriors. Julie looked terrified at this scene. Her wolves fell dead or running away, lame, terrified and tired.

They losing.

Wrote one minute past 01.00 am.

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Chapter 18
Julie contacted her wolves in sight.
"We're losing. It's over. Go and warn the rest of the pack."
The Dernial who stood next to her gave her a startled look.
"Do you want to back down now?" he whispered.
"Do you see any other way out?" she only replied. "There is real chaos around. The only thing we can do is gather the remaining wolves and flee to the edge."
Dernial fell silent when he heard it. Well, the most important thing is the good of the pack.
Julie sent the rest of the living wolves to run to the cave and return with all the pack members to her. But only Zaria came back to her - a young mother of several puppies. She was terrified, blood flowed from her paws.
"They... they reached... the cave... No one was left..." she gasped, then raised her eyes full of despair and unimaginable pain on Julie. "What shall we do?"
Julie lowered her head. She failed all along the line. Only Dernial, Zaria and a few warriors remained with her. The rest of the pack was lost, escaped or died.
"We're running away," she whispered.

01.00 am

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Chapter 19
Julie felt terribly leading Zaira as the last wolf of the Fire Clan and Earth. Although, considering the other wolves, it wasn't her fault. Were it not for the two traitors, it would probably be possible to defeat Janama and peace would again come to Aella.

The edge is actually nothing but the abyss surrounding both territories. Legends say that this is where people live. Legend also says that the ghosts of all wolves roam on the Edge. If you can recall them, you can count on their help. And Julie was about to do it. But she meant one particular spirit.
She wanted to summon the ancient leader of the Pack of Darkness. She knew that he had made the mistake of fighting his brother to the last resort, but she knew that she would not let the pack die - after all - come from him.

Julie did not reveal her plans to the rest. Summoning ghosts is often a very risky undertaking. But she would have to tell them that anyway.
But so far nobody wanted to talk. Everyone was tired after the humiliating battle.
"Yes," Julie thought. "They won the battle. But they didn't win the war."

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Chapter 20
Dernial woke up from sleep. It was the middle of the night. He didn't have a nightmare, he just sometimes woke up suddenly at night. He looked at the sky. The full moon shone like the sun.
Because he knew he would not sleep, he decided to talk to Julie. He found her sitting on a rock nearby.
"Are you awake too?" he whispered. It took a moment for him to realize how stupid the question was. How would she sleep if she was sitting on a rock?
Julie seemed to read his thoughts because she looked at him a bit amused.
"I meditate," she answered quietly. "I intend to communicate with the spirit of a pack of darkness."
She thought it would cause shock and protest, but Dernial nodded.
"To be honest, I just wanted to suggest it before. Actually, we have no other choice," he replied. After a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and whispered:
"Julie... you may not know it, but you are a great leader and... a she-wolf in general."
I don't think she was prepared for such a confession. She wanted to say something, but then the vision began.

[Oddonelynx]

Darn traitors.

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Chapter 21
Julie stood a short distance from the strange black streak. It didn't look like smoke, it was as if it were looking for something. After a moment of observation, Julie decided it could be a ghost. As soon as she thought about it, two red spots appeared on the streak - she concluded that they were eyes. The streak began to thicken, until it finally took the form of a wolf.
"Why are you coming here?" asked the ghost.
"We need your help," she whispered so as not to frighten the wolf away. "Aella is in danger of annihilation. If you don't help us, the Water and Wind Clan will also die."
"Also ?! How is that also?"
Julie told him everything in detail. Treason. Fight. Escape. Everything.
The ghost listened carefully. His face showed no emotion. Only when she mentioned killing almost the entire pack did something break in him. She saw that he had his favor.
"So how? Will you help us?" she looked into his eyes hopefully.
"I can help you, but as soon as your Janama disappears, I will come back here."
Julie's relief was immeasurable. Finally, they will finally be able to start a new life. Already without Janama.
The vision is over. Beside her stood the leader of the Pack of Darkness.

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Oooh.

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Chapter 22
"What now?" Dernial asked when Julie told them everything.
"I'm a ghost after all. He can't hurt me and I know magic. " answered the Spirit. "Whatever this Janama would do to me, there's no way."
"I think we should go back" she said, then whisper "No more humiliation."
Julie and Dernial led, followed by Zaira, the Spirit and the rest of the warriors. An awkward silence fell between Dernial and Julie. Finally, Julie decided to speak.
"What you told me then... on this rock... I wanted... I want to thank you."
Dernial was a bit confused.
"Thank you for what?"
"You always supported me. You have always been with me. It really means a lot to me. "
Dernial smiled.
The environment began to change. it was getting colder, the trees had dried up so far, now they have larger snow caps. From time to time, white deer or gray fox searched between plants.
They were approaching the territory of an enemy clan.
"Do we have a specific plan?" one of the warriors asked.
"Distract the guard. Me, Dernial and Ghost will take Janama. "
They headed to the camp.

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Wow! Very interesting story

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Thank you! Nice to see priases, you don't know how much it mean to me <3