Leave her alone!

But what would I do? I love her.

You put one paw on her and I'll rip your throat out!

But Humphrey. I would never hurt Kate...

Kate. Wow. Do I love her? Absolutely. I will protect her until the day I die. I gaze into the full moonlight asking myself this. Just an hour ago, the moonlight howl ended and everyone has gone to bed. I left Kate alone in our den so she could sleep soundly.

Our den is placed at the edge of the valley. What is different about this den is the location it is at. At the farthest end of our den, it is heated to a very warming temperature. Good thing it is like this all year round because it is freezing outside tonight. It is the dead of winter and there are icicles hanging from my nostrils.

I was about to return to Kate until I heard a deep, male voice. "Hey Hump," It was Garth. What was he doing here?

"Hey Garth. What's up?" I ask very suspicious. His orange muscular body was blocking the entrance to the den. What the hell is that on his paws? Is that...blood?

"Nothing much. Just stopping by to see how you and Kate were doing." He said with a smile.

"Ya were doing ok. Have you been hunting Garth?" I asked mentioning to his paws. He glanced down at them and cursed himself.

"Uh...yeah. I came close to taking down a caribou, but it got away." I didn't buy that for a second.

"Really? Was it-" I stopped short. A white piece of fur hung from Garth's jaw. Caribou aren't white.

"Where is Lily?" I threatened Garth. I stood ready to tackle him. Garth went bug eyed. What did he do?

Garth smiled. That mother-

"You don't need to worry about her-"

"WHERE IS SHE?" I barked. Garth's smile melted. His eyes went slit. It scared the shit out of me. His eyes were now red.

"She is dead." My heart fell to the ground. He didn't. "You asshole!" I leaped towards him. Just as I was about to tear his brains out, he vanished. I landed on my belly with a thud. Someone started to scream in total agony. Only I realized that it was me. His claws were scrapping my back.

"Let me go! How could you do that to Lily?" I cried out. Hopefully not loud enough to wake Kate. I don't want her to see this.

"She made me mad. She deserved to die." No emotion came from his voice.

"No one deserves to die! No one!"

"I will be back." The pressure and pain instantly vanished. I slowly stood up. The claw marks and scrapes that Garth gave me were gone. Good thing too. I scanned the roof of the den. No sign of Garth. Hell not even a print was left behind. But the strand of fur Garth brought was still there. Sadly a gust of wind came by and took it away.

My mind was racing a mile a minute. Lily cannot be dead. I just saw her not even an hour ago. And she and Garth were making out practically. How could Garth kill her? Let alone one of his own kind.

"Humphrey?" I whipped around and saw Kate. Her eyes were heavy and droopy. Obviously she had just woken up. I exhaled a sigh of relieve.

"Yeah Hun?" I said in a sympathetic tone. I slowly made my way over to her. Her head hung low. Bending down, I rested her head on my shoulder.

"What are you doing?" She asked quietly. She buried her face into my chest. "Nothing." I lied. "Just getting some fresh air."

"Well come back to bed. I'm tired." She broke away and jumped down into the entrance. I stood there for just a second longer. Trying to figure out what to do. I decided to just hold it off until morning.

When I entered the den, Kate was already fast asleep against the "warm" wall. I never knew why it was like that. It was strange. I walked over to her beautiful red orange fur. Moonlight reflected off of her face. It was a scene of diamonds found in a rock.

Dropping down next to her, I rested my chin on the back of her furry head. Her ears laid flat. This is one crazy night. I gotta tell the guys tomorrow. We'll start a secret search party. I hope that Lily isn't really dead. If she is...how would Kate take it? It's her sister. She is an omega. One of us. Everyone will be devastated.

Finally, rest is setting in and it closes my eyes. The only thing that is going through my head is "I'll be back."

He'll be back...