Chapter 45

Several wolves had noticed Eli and me at the top of the ridge, and as we trotted down the slope and approached the group they all gave respectful nods and greetings to the Beta, the two sparring temporarily halting their activities. I felt a few wary eyes on me but I tried to ignore them. I glanced around to see what type of training was going on. To my surprise there was no equipment around. Was it just simply sparring, then? I didn't see an agility course set up or anything like that. "Where is the Alpha?" Eli was saying as we came to a halt in front of the small group of wolves. A big, burly fellow stepped forward to answer. He had blonde hair in a buzz cut and cold, calculating blue eyes. "Joey injured himself pretty badly on the obstacle course." He jerked his thumb towards the woods and I gathered that was where the agility training took place. "The Alpha and Eva are with him." I assumed that this Eva person was the Pack Doctor. The injury m