November 14th, 2018

Hi, this is DogDrawler, and I'd like to officially announce the return of Desires!

The sequel, Quest of Alabaan is out now!

Thank you so much for your support and patience!

This is also my collaboration story where different authors' OCs will feature in this book!

September 26th, 2019

I want to inform you guys that the book Desires has been updated. I've fixed as much grammar errors as I could and edited some things to make the story much more clear and erase any confusion. An example of what I've done can be seen below. Below is a side-by-side comparison of "Chapter 24: Preparing the Hunt" from the time I first uploaded it in 2015 to my current rewrite. The areas I have changed are in bold, so you can see them. I hope you guys appreciate them.

2015

Chapter 24: Preparing The Hunt

Susie, her friends, and I had fun the whole evening on the obstacle course. I enjoyed myself so much to the extent of feeling as young as they were. It was really interesting to know how much time had passed.

After we had finished and started walking back, it dawned on me that I wasn't as young as I was before. Not that I was old, but I wasn't as small and agile as all the other trainees were. This made me a bit sad, but I didn't want it to overpower my joy, so I kept it to myself. We had to make a detour on our way back so that nobody noticed that we had come from the obstacle course.

When we arrived we found the place deserted except for a few pups playing hide and seek in their dens.

"Where is everybody?" I asked when a wolf ran past me.

"Gone on an unofficial hunt. They all went except us because we wanted to play. The supervisors also went," he said before rushing off again. I had wanted to ask him where they went but he was already out of earshot beforehand.

"Well, that's great," Susie said.

"Now what do we do? We don't know where they went so we can't follow them."

"I think I know," I said. "You know the trail they said about that led towards where we would practice hunting. I think they're probably there."

"I did hear about that," Susie said. "Let's go see." So we set off towards the trail. When we got to it we heard whispering coming from the end of it. We decided to investigate. As we neared the whispers we could start making out what they said.

"Okay," we heard someone whisper. "Now, when they come through here we have to jump onto its back, clamp our jaws around it's neck, and then bring it to the ground to finish it off. Understand?"

I immediately knew that it was Kate, because I know that voice anywhere, but I also knew that she was one of the only female here that knew about that stuff.

"Hey Kate," I whispered as I walked up to her. I saw that she was in a circle of trainees ready for their first hunt.

"Hey Humphrey. I was wondering where you were when you didn't come back."

"I fell asleep," I said. "And when I woke up and came back here I saw that everybody was gone, but a guy told me that everybody went off to a surprise hunt. I thought that you might be here."

"Wanna join? The more, the merrier. I was just telling them what to do when the caribou comes through here, but you probably already know."

"Yeah, I do. Let's get ready for it." We all learned our specific positions in the undergrowth next to the trail. Kate and I were, of course together. An example of how inseparable we were.

"When it comes through here, you and I are going for the back, the three over there are going for the side, and the rest are going for the neck and shoulder. Just to let you know we have the most dangerous job; those back legs can knock the permanent teeth right out of your mouth, so be careful, okay?"

"Don't worry, I will be," I answered.

After awhile of silence, we heard the sound of hooves thumping on the ground. Our meal was coming.

2019

Chapter 24: Preparing the Hunt

Susie, her friends, and I had fun the whole evening on the obstacle course. I enjoyed myself so much to the extent of feeling as young as they were. It was really interesting to know how much time had passed. After we had finished and started walking back, it dawned on me that I wasn't as youthful as I was before. Not that I was old, but I wasn't as small and agile as all the other trainees were. This made me a bit sad, but I didn't want it to overpower my joy, so I kept it to myself.

We had to make a detour on our way back so that nobody would notice that we had come from the obstacle course. When we arrived we found the place deserted except for a few pups playing hide and seek in their dens.

"Where is everybody?" I asked when a wolf ran past me.

"Hutch and Samuel were supposed to come back hours ago. Winston called everybody to assist them. They all went except us because we wanted to play." I wanted to ask him which direction they went, but I was already out of his earshot before I finished the thought.

"Well, that's great," Susie said.

"Now what do we do?" said one of the other females. "We don't know where they went, so we can't follow them." An idea suddenly popped in my head.

"I think I know where some wolves might be. You know that enclosed space where they trap small prey?"

"I did hear about that," Susie said.

"I have a hunch that some wolves are probably there, waiting for Winston and the group to return. They're going to somehow trap the caribou in there."

"Let's go see." We set off on the trail. When we got close to the space we heard whispering coming from it. As we neared the whispers we could start making out what they said.

"Okay," we heard someone whisper. "Now, when they come through here we have to jump onto its back, clamp our jaws around its neck, and then bring it to the ground to finish it off. Understand?"

I immediately knew that it was Kate because I know that voice anywhere.

"Hey, Kate," I whispered as I walked up to her. I saw that she was in a circle of trainees ready for their first hunt.

"Hey, Humphrey. I was wondering what took you so long to find me."

"I fell asleep," I said. "And when I woke up and came back here I saw that everybody was gone, but a guy told me that everybody went off to a surprise hunt. I thought that you might be here."

"Wanna join? The more, the merrier. I was just telling them what to do when the caribou comes through here, but you probably already know."

"Yeah, I do. Let's get ready for it." We all learned our specific positions in the undergrowth next to the trail. Kate and I were, of course, together, an example of how inseparable we were.

"When it comes through here, you and I are going for the back, the three over there are going for the side, and the rest are going for the neck and shoulder. Just to let you know, we have the most dangerous job; those back legs can knock the teeth right out of your mouth so be careful, okay?"

"Don't worry. I will be," I answered.

After a while of silence, we heard the sound of hooves thumping the ground. Our meal was coming.