The Black Wolf

Episode 1: the little snowball story

Xu mansion, Switzerland, Europe

The Alps are the highest and the most extended mountain chain , situated entirely in Europe. Stretching across eight Alpine countries (France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia) the magnificent Alps are a place anyone would be amazed to see. It was the beginning of spring in Europe. The snow that used to cover the entire mountain in winter, was slowly melting letting the green fields sparkle in the morning dew.

The Xu mansion was the only house located at the base of the Swiss Alps. The big mansion with a wonderful lake view, had 2 floors and a basement . The ground floor had an enormous kitchen with a separate storage room, one living and one dining room , one winery and 4 servant rooms. The basement was as big as an underground city, designed with 4 training rooms with a separate race track and a garage divided into 4 spaces. The first floor was entirely made for guests, containing 4 big guest rooms and one servant room. As for the second floor, it had 2 luxurious dormitories and a study room, where nobody was allowed to entry without permission.

“Miss, everything is ready. The plane is waiting for us.” said the butler who was waiting in the yard.

A beautiful young lady with long black hair came out of the house. She headed outside wearing boots and a black denim jacket over a hoodie she was using as a dress. Her long fit legs were something any woman would be jealous of and any man would commit crimes for. Considering her style, you would never say she is the miss of the most respectable and wealthy family, but a famous celebrity in the fashion industry. She looked at the butler with her bright golden eyes and said on a serious note “Uncle Bao, you should call me Eclair. After all you’re more like family. My father trusted you as a family member. Without you, this year spent here would have been in vain.” .

“Miss, that won’t do, your parents will always be my masters. I’m deeply thankful to your father for entrusting you to me, it’s my honor to guide you for so many years. This is what I should do, to repay their kindness. “ he said.

“Sigh, looks like I don’t have another option but to accept this. Ice! Come here boy, we gotta go!” she continued. A white silhouette showed up at the mansion door. With golden eyes and a white as snow fur, a dog lookalike animal rushed like the wind in Eclair’s arms.

“There, there” she said patting his head. “We have to leave and you’re sitting there wasting time. We will come back next winter, when snow will show up again. Are you ready?” she asked him. He looked at her and sticked out his tongue after making an approval noise as a reply “woof”. “Let’s go then. Uncle Bao we are ready now.” she said after closing the gates. “Goodbye Miss and butler Bao! Take care!” said the workers from the house bowing. Eclair turned her back and waved her hand without saying anything.

In the car, on the way to the airport, Ice was sleeping peacefully on her lap. “Miss, your little companion has grown a lot since you got him. If you were to be an animal, I guess you would look exactly like him, even your eyes have the same color, haha.” said the butler driving with a smile on his face.

“Me and Ice? Hmm, that might be possible, after all the wolf is my favorite animal. Me and Ice not only have the same eye color , but even our personality seems similar. “ she replied caressing him. “Miss, I have never asked you, what happened when you brought Ice at home for the first time? I only saw you covered in blood with the little snow ball in your arms.” asked the butler. “Mm, I must have forgotten to tell you that time, because I was worried to lose him as a newborn pup.” Her heart start beating faster just thinking about that day. Butler Bao was the one who she trusted the most, all the other workers were afraid of her and they knew her as a ruthless woman, but the butler took care of her since birth so she started telling him what happened that day.

“Some things you just understand without putting them into words and that was me when I first saw Ice. I was training in the woods as usually in the heavy snow, when I saw a pack of gray wolves chasing one white wolf. It seemed to me the white one was injured and was bleeding heavily. I tried to keep up with them and see what’s going on. When I finally managed to get closer, hiding behind the trees, I realized the white wolf was a female and she was pregnant. As you may know white wolves are not so common in this side. Last time I saw one, was also the first time I saw a wolf. So I realized the gray wolves were chasing her to eliminate for territorial purposes. My blood rushed through my veins and I felt like my heart is going to explode out of anger. I got as closer as I could just to see she has already arrived at a dead end and it wouldn’t be much longer until they would have devour her. I had to do something. I took out my gun and *bang* . I’ve shot in the air. The echo of the gunshot scared the gray wolves and they run away. The white one was exhausted from running and she layed down without powers. I got near her trying to help but she started growling. I tried to gain her trust. I told her it’s okay and that I’m there to help, little did I know, she needed to give birth. I hopelessly looked straight into her eyes as calm as I could and the image of my mother smiling at me showed up out of nowhere in my mind and tears were running down my face. Without me noticing, the white wolf came closer and rested in my lap. She gave birth right there, to a small snowball, so white that the snow seemed yellow compared to him, but all her other pups were dead and probably that’s why she was bleeding so much before. The mother gave her last howl , such a strong howl that I still get goosebumps just thinking about it. She looked at me and licked the hand I have touched Ice with and closed her eyes peacefully while giving her last breath. And that’s how me and Ice became inseparable.” she ended.