Humphrey and Kate had started their life together and were living peacefully in Jasper until today. An all-black alpha by the name of Aaron stood at the very edge of the Western pack about to enter. "I can't believe that a year after leaving I'm going to come back" he said as he crossed into the Western pack and started walking towards the feeding ground. "I'm going to have to tell Kate that I love her." He said to himself as he kept walking.
He walked for about ten minutes until he came across the feeding grounds where there were wolves eating everywhere. "Hey, Aaron long time no see!" said a wolf that Aaron instantly recognized as Candu.
"Oh, hey Candu, how have things been going for you?" he said as he walked over to where Candu, Hutch, and a few other alphas were eating.
"Things have been going pretty well on my end, how bout you?" replied Candu.
"Things are ok I guess." Said Aaron kind of blankly.
"Want some?" he said gesturing to the caribou he was eating.
"No thanks I already ate, do you know where Kate is?" He said trying not to sound to suspicious.
"Um, I think she is at her parents den." He replied with a look stating that he was kind of confused as to why he was asking this.
"Thanks." He said as he walked off towards Winston's and Eve's den.
"That was a weird thing to ask, I mean sure they were pretty good friends back in alpha school but why does he need to see Kate." Said Candu.
"I'm not sure, all I can say is that I never liked him." Replied Hutch.
"I still don't see why. He's never seemed like a bad guy in alpha school."
"I'm not sure why, There's just something about him that I don't like. I also don't trust him one bit." Replied Hutch as he went back to eating some caribou before Candu could say anything more. After a few moments Candu went back to eating as well.
It barely took Aaron one minute to get to the Winston's and Eve's den because he was jogging the entire time. When he got to their den he saw Winston and Eve sitting in front of their den talking about something. But Kate was know where to be seen. He decided to go talk to Winston.
"Hello Winston, It's been a while." He said as he walked up to Winston and Eve.
Winston turned to see who it was and instantly put on a small smile. "Oh, hello Aaron, I didn't see you there, what brought you back?" Replied Winston.
"I came back to ask if I could join the pack." Replied Aaron.
"Oh, I see. Yes, you may join the pack. Is there anything else you need before you run off and get settled?" Replied Winston who was happy that Aaron was going to join the pack again.
"Ya, can you please tell me where Kate is, I want to talk to her." He replied.
"Sure, I know that you and Kate where good friends in alpha school so... Kate should be at her den which is the last den on the left of this cliff." He said with a smile as he pointed to where Kate's den was.
"Thank you Winston, I will see you around." He replied as he started walking off towards Kate's den.
"What a nice boy." Said Eve as she looked at Winston.
"Yes. Yes he is." Replied Winston before they went back to talking about what they were talking about earlier.
Aaron was at Kate's den within a minute or two of talking with Winston. When he looked inside he saw the most beautiful wolf he had ever seen, Kate. Kate was sitting in the middle of the den with her back to him, obviously taking a nap. He stood there for a few seconds before he decided to come back later and talk to her when she was awake but he made a little bit too much noise and ended up waking her from her slumber.
"Hello, who's there?" Said Kate as her vision was blurry. She got up and stretched. A few moments later her vision was no longer blurry she was surprised as to who was standing in front of her.
"Aaron!" she yelled, happy to see him again.
"Hey Kate, long time no see." He said.
"It is so nice to see you again." Kate said hugging him which making him blush. Kate however did not see this.
"Ya, I decided to come back. Your dad has already accepted me back into the pack."
"You're going to stay then?" Kate said hopefully. She was happy that a friend she thought she would never see again was back.
"How have you been Kate?" Asked Aaron.
"I've been doing great. I have a- WAIT! I need you to meet someone." Kate said as she ran to the den entrance and howled.
"And you did that for what reason?" Aaron said confused.
"Like I said, you need to meet someone." Kate said as Humphrey came running into the den.
"Kate what's wrong? Ya need something?" Humphrey said and then he noticed Aaron. "Uh Kate, who's this?"
"Humphrey this is Aaron, one of my friends from alpha school." Kate said introducing Aaron first. "Aaron this is Humphrey, my mate."
"Your mate?" Aaron said shocked.
