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The rumble of distant cars could still be heard from the forest. It has already been days since Viktor had chased the rabbit across the highway. It was a hunt that went terribly wrong. The scent of a plump, juicy rabbit was detected during a midnight hunt and stalked for some time. Viktor hesitated in pouncing on the prey and this delay turned out to be a fatal mistake. Once given this opportunity, the rabbit had finally caught scent of the wolf from a shift in the wind. The chase started prematurely and an easy catch suddenly turned into a long, arduous run. Viktor had tailed the rabbit for quite some time, but he was determined to regain control of the hunt. He got closer and closer to his midnight snack, when the view of trees suddenly disappeared and replaced with a large span of gravel and concrete. They had somehow managed to arrive at the Great Thunderpath, named after the distinctive sound that cars made when driving past compared to the sound of thunder. This was the boundary between the two wooded areas. Not many wolves were known to have crossed it due to the controversy that shrouds this highway in mystery. Many wolves have died near this road when human construction began and started to pave out a path. Habitats were destroyed and as a result a significant amount of sources of food disappeared along with it. This was part of the reason food was so scarce this winter. However, it was crucial for Viktor that he catch this rabbit and not for all this effort to go to waste. This year’s winter has been especially cruel, the brutality was unmistaken. It arrived several moons early and taken many unprepared souls as a result. The sudden arrival may have been caused by old tensions between the long gone huma...

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...r have slowly retracted its control over the forest and spring starts to retake the land. A lot of things have changed, especially for Viktor. Once he fully recovered, he sought to return home and find his pack. His guilt was overwhelming him, so he believed that he could make things better for the pack and himself by returning. He knew that they would not receive him kindly after what he had done in the past. However, Viktor had ideas to help with his newfound knowledge of the area and a sense of how humans operate. These things would allow him to lead his pack to a safer area where humans would not be bothering them for a while and he would teach them how to avoid them. This is exactly what had happened and things are almost all back to normal. The transition back to normalcy has been anything but smooth, but the journey is the only thing worth remembering.

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