Victor
The usual hour and a half drive, took only an hour. I parked my Jeep in its usual spot before getting out to stretch my legs. The hike bro my camp grounds would take me about two hours so I be there and set up my noon.
This was the second fastest but the best way to get up the mountain. The first would be to shift and run but that isn't an option since I had two week's worth of supplies to bring to the cave. Parking the Jeep I got out and grab the three duffle full of supplies. Once I have everything and the Jeeps locked up I start walking. I have about two hours of walking before I get to my cave on the other side of the mountain. I found the cave by accident four years ago.
Though this area is apart of the pack territory we don't ever come out this far into the land, there was never any need to go up into the mountains. I think am the first and only person to have ventured this far out. On my third trip up these mountains, I decided to follow a stream that I'd found running between the two mountains, I followed it all the way to the mountain on the Westside. The one I'm on now is on the east side. Anyway, I followed the steam all the way up the mountain to see if I can find where it was coming from and found a huge waterfall on the side of the mountain facing south. No one would've ever known it's there because when we have pack runs we go around the borders. We've never really had problems with rogues so even when we do patrol it's still mostly along the borders.
There's a huge pool at the bottom and I spent three days camping there before I decided to climb the falls. I had shifted into my wolf Zeus that way he could run for a while and hunt on our way to the top. Looking back now it was probably the best idea to climb the mountain in wolf form because had I done so in my human form I would have gone straight up instead of throw the wood and I would pass the entrance to the cave. When I got to the top it was probably the best view I'd ever seen. So much green. I couldn't see the bottom because of how far up I was so I jumped. I figured there was a deep enough pool at the bottom and well I was a werewolf if anything happened I would heal.
Jumping off the side of a mountain and free fall through the air was the best feeling in the world, that was until I hit a rock pool coming out the side of the mountain. The falls itself hid the cliff from view somewhat, so I hit the side and fell into the pool and just kept falling. Turns out that the water had cut into the side of the mountain forming a small cave and another water pool inside the cave. Took me two days to dug myself out and when I finally did I was on the other side of the mountain. It took me another day to track my own scent to my champ sight. Now that's where I spend all my time when I come out here.
Coming to the open plane that separates the mountains I make my way down the hill and onto the plane. From here it's about a mile and a half walk to the south face of the West mountain. The shortest way would have been to follow the stream but after I dug my way out of the cave I went back the next year and dug out the place to where I could stand to my six- three height and move around freely. Call it a home away from home.
I was at the entrance of the cave in no time, Dropping the bags I push the boulder that's blocking the entrance away, I grabbed one of the many lamps I bought and hang it on the hook I installed at the entrance. Grabbing another lamp and my bags I made my way down the narrow passageway leading to the interior of the cave. It's about one in the afternoon so I'll unpack and then go for a run, hunt then settle in for the night. I set out the tarp first then blow up the mattress that way it's not in the dirt and set up a few more lamps about. The lamps are chargeable and will last for seventy-two hours longer if there not keep on constantly. When the charge runs out I have a battery. Checking the firewood supply that I keep in the cave I see am going need to stock up tomorrow but I have enough to last throw tonight. The bag with my food supply is placed beside the bed on the tarp with the extra clothes I bought.
Striping out of my clothes I checked my phone, and it was a quarter past two now, there's no cell service out here which is perfect. I would have left it at home but I can't go a day without my music. Leaving the cave and pushing the boulder back in place I shifted into my wolf, the sound of my bones breaking and reforming is like music to my ears. My wolf was mostly white fur but my legs, the tip of my ears and tail were black.
"Ready Zeus".
"Ready".
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I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
You'll find that out anyway
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
I'm about to break.....
My ears plugs are a rip from my ears by someone that's about to get an ass kicking. A fierce growl rips from my throat making the leaves on the tree above my head tremble but before I even looked up see however just interrupted my music my mother's scent fill my nostrils then her teeth clamp do on my ears.
"Mother fucker!!!..... I yelled and jumping to my feet as she let go of my ears backing away so I wouldn't knock her over. I rubbed my now burning ears and glare at my mother who's has her arms folded over her chest and her feet tapping at the earth.
"Mom, what the fuck was that for? Jesus Christ!" She's been doing this since I was fifteen. Someone told her that they bite dogs on the ears to get them to behave. Granted it was a joke but my mother took it to heart. According to her, I'm antisocial which I'm not I just didn't like people. At all. They are loud, stupid and entitled.
"You are being a rude young man". She glares up at me
"What!, Is that why you almost bit my ears off?!".
She gestured with her hand around and I finally realized that all four hundred members of the pack were looking at me. I forgot that they were even there. Today the pack was welcoming the new members from the mating tour. Surprisingly we only lost one member this year but gained twelve new ones.
I see the alpha, his Luna, the Beta and third along with my dad as a head warrior all looking at me from the stage all wearing similar unimpressed looks. Returning my attention back to my mom I raised a challenging brow at her.
"I was not in the way mother, that was uncalled for".
"You were singing at the top of your voice again".
"Oh ok". I drop back down to the ground but putting my phone away. The only reason I'm here is that my dad asked me to be here for what reason I don't know, I wouldn't have come but he promised to keep my mom out of my hair for two weeks so here I am. I love my mom to death but the woman's a hand full and I need a vacation from all the mothering.