ROOTS 🐺 [bts!shapeshifter au]

Chapter 020 🐺 Fragile

Chapter 020 🐺 Fragile

Paws were dragging over wet mud, the white wolf's eyes fairly hollow, no emotion in her mimic whatsoever. Skylar could see how Taehyung looked back at her multiply times to check if she was still walking with him, her haze of mind giving him trouble to concentrate in walking forward. Her ears twitched at the rustling of clothes above her, her back feeling how Lilith shifted around to somehow sit more comfortably. The Alpha female totally forgot that she was carrying someone with how numb she felt.

"Skye?" Her head turned lazily, eyes blinking slowly to focus on the red haired fox. "We are losing them." And Lilith was right, the boys had already drawn a great distance between them and soon Skylar understood why as she saw the two grey wolves rounding them. Her head perked up, eyes open wide and body waking up. Her stance changed, dominance leaking over to the other ones and making the two Betas notice her now. They came over, tail straight, slowly sniffing around the female's snout. Skylar was not showing any aggressive behavior, for that the Betas seem to get the message, huffing at her and signaling to follow. Her blue eyes caught Jin's, calming him down with a simple huff too and making him follow her closely, his side brushing hers while walking. Jeongguk soon appeared on her other side, nudging at her shoulder to which she gave a low hum. The two grey wolves led them into their territory and past the defense guards who eyed them warily. Skylar greeted them anyways, just as Ryan would do, with a lowering of her head and a deep, yet calm sound from the back of her throat. Their ears perked up, head held a bit higher before returning the greeting carefully.

"Welcome." Eyes fell on a older man, green eyes and grey hair. "You must be the second half of Rob's pack. Come with me." They followed cautiously, Skylar moving with Taehyung at the front. It was like her whole body just woke up at once, tensing with high alert until she saw the light blue eyes she missed so much. Her father was standing tall, in his light grey wolf, as she found him and broke into a sprint to which she felt Lilith grip the fur in the back of her neck by surprise. Even he let out a sound of surprise as she crashed into him, muscles tensing but soon noticing who just snuggled under his head and was rounding his body like an over-excited pup. His eyes softened, snout nudging the white wolf to make her stop and gently press the side of his head against hers. Skylar could tell that her father was just as happy as her, his scent turning more comfortable. She finally felt her wolf ease up a bit, letting her sore muscles rest for the first time in a few hours. Her body sunk down, not caring that she was about to take a nap in the middle of a stranger pack's territory, the knowing of having her father close giving her all the safety she needed to fall into a deep slumber.

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"Hey." A small hand nudged her shoulder, running through her rough fur to guide her out of sleep. Sluggishly she blinked open her eyes, icy blue meeting doe eyes as she focused on Jeongguk who crouched down next to her in a fresh change of clothes. "You should go shift and change."

I don't wanna, is what her wolf cried. All her muscles were aching, and so was her heart with the thought of her mother. So all the white wolf did was turning away her head and letting out a long breath. She heard the male next to her sigh, hand gripping her fur to sit down next to her resting form. It surprised her to feel him lean against her, back pressed into her side.