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After a wolf clan clash, Raven orders his squad to withdraw without leaving traces. A hunter finds a chained Moon Wolf cub in a cage. Brock tries to kill the beast to maintain neutrality, but Raven blocks the strike, claims the orphan, and names him Ash. In his cabin, Raven tends the pup, who shifts into a boy with wolf ears. When Raven steps outside to brew medicine, Brock sneaks in to kill the boy.
Raven cleans blood from his sword while Brock hands him harvested wolf glands collected from the battlefield. Raven tells his men to retreat and erase all footprints, instructing the squad to protect the guild's neutral stance between the warring wolf clans.
A hunter locates a wounded wolf pup chained inside an iron cage. Brock raises his blade to slaughter the creature, but Raven parries the blow. Raven invokes guild regulations, declares the orphan his own prize, and names the cub Ash.
Raven tends to the injured pup near the hearth inside his cabin. The cub shifts into a young boy with wolf ears. Raven orders the child to rest, then walks out into the snowy blizzard to prepare medicine for him.
Brock slips through the latch door into the dark cabin while Raven is outside. Holding a glowing green dagger, Brock states that the boy must perish for the guild. He lunges directly at the sleeping child on the bed.
“Moon Wolves are weak, but Bloodclaws hate them. If Bloodclaws find out we saved him, our neutrality is gone. Die now!”
“Stand down. He's an orphan, and he's my catch.”
“From today on, your name is Ash.”
“Don't blame me, Raven. For the guild's survival, this wolf pup dies tonight.”
Brock raises his glowing green dagger and lunges toward the sleeping, defenseless child while Raven is outside brewing medicine in the freezing blizzard. With no one inside the cabin to shield the boy from the poisoned blade, can Raven make it back in time to stop Brock from murdering young Ash?