Secret Love

Chapter One: Unexpected Encounter

The sun was brightly shining over the mountains of the beautiful valley of Jasper Park, Canada. As the sun its beams shine through the ceiling of a beta wolf's den. The light rays glowed strongly across its body showing off its unique and impressive fur design. This wolf was a different shades of grey, with a hint of white, with a white underbelly. This wolf appears to strong built, muscular, strong, and healthy indicating that his a male. He has a long and distinctive black mane that brings out not only his distinctive white face and impressive black markings; it also brings out his yellow eyes, they appear to be more of a soft gold. They show off how loyal, kind, strong, confident, protective, loving, passionate, and fun he is. This wolf was known as Hutch. Hutch is a beta wolf of the Western Pack and Winston's 2nd-in-command. This position was perfect for Hutch he'll do anything for his pack even put his own life on the line for them just to keep them safe.

Hutch lay there for a few more minutes mumbling something quietly in his sleep. The rays from the shining orb shined brighter into his den, the light rested upon his eye lids causing them flicker open. He closed them shut and groan sleepily, he open them once again adjusting to the bright vision before him. He sighed and spread his mouth wide open showing his large and sharp teeth yawning loudly. The beta smacked his lips tiredly as he stood up shaking himself off from the sleep and few dirt that's gotten into his magnificent pelt. He then stretches out fully with his forelegs along the ground, setting his claws into the dirt to really extend his spine as much as possible. He shook his pelt one last time before making his way out the den.

He stood there looking around the territory and morning sky, a soft smile spread across his face as he felt a nice cool breeze blow across his face. "I better go ahead and start my morning patrol…" He said softly before walking off. Hutch decided to make his way towards East where the real problems were happening, since the south and north were pretty much covered east he needed to worry about since their been reports of some of the Eastern wolves has been crossing for the couple of days. As he made it towards the eastern borders the beta stopped and his soft golden eyes look around the place. The Eastern border was kind of foggy and tree dense area, in the middle of it was a small waterfall that had a calm flowing river that split the two territories in two. Hutch made his way to the river, his black nose barely touch the ground began take in the scent of earth until it stopped on a fresh scent. A low growl rumble inside his throat, "Eastern wolves…" He said in between his teeth. He lifted his head and looked left to right seeing if the intruder was still around. The beta took a whiff in the air, the scent was still strong and if he could just follow trail it might lead him to his trespasser.

The beta took off with incredible speed as he followed the scent, he hope that he would catch up to the person. Hutch ran until the scent was strong around the hunting area he stopped and look around, "I see these wolves won't give up stealing our prey…" He rolled his soft golden eyes and sighed irritable. A plan than sprouted inside his head, he ran up on one of the walls that led to the nearest caribou herd and hoped that he could ambush the intruder there. "This plan has to work…" He thought excitedly as he ran. The grey wolf run turned into a trot to a complete stop, he stayed quiet as he saw the caribou herd a few distances away from him and his target hiding careful in the tall green grass. Hutch slowly walks his soft gold eyes lock in on his intruder as he was oblivious to the beta above him. Hutch echoed every silent move he did; he waited for the wolf to attack the caribou before he charges in.

A loud noise was made indicating that the caribou sense the wolf and its loud thunderous hooves took off in a sprint. Hutch eyes widen as the wolf took off like a speeding bullet, he growled and sprinted right above him. As he ran his eyes kept lock in on his target but he had a little trouble keeping pace with him, "Man this guy is fast!" He panted, "But I'm faster…" He growled softly as he kicks it in into high gear gaining a few ground ahead of the wolf. Seeing he was in pouncing distances Hutch saw a tree limb sticking out of the rocky wall and with a leap he jumps upon the branch and bounces slightly giving him more air. He was fully in the sky, his body outstretches and his mane flowing in the wind as if he was flying. The beta arched his back and his claws outstretch as he aimed for the wolf. The trespasser skidded to a stop and eyes widen in fear as it watch the beta in front of it come right towards him.

Hutch slam into the wolf, his paws pressed firmly against his chest aiming to pin it down, but this eastern wolf had some tricks up its sleeves. Its paws pressed firmly against his stomach and lifted the grey wolf off it and throw him somewhere else. The eastern wolf sprung to its paws growling facing Hutch was standing also. Both wolves started snarling and barking at each other, they charge right for each other. The eastern wolf somewhat had more power and manage to knock him over and bite down on the side of his scruff. Hutch growled in pain and bit the eastern wolf paw causing it to whimper slightly, the beta than pounce both wolves sprawled on the ground. Hutch delivered more blows to the eastern wolf forcing it to give up.

"Alright! Alright! You win! I surrender!" The eastern wolf growled in defeat. But its voice resembles a female voice indicating that Hutch must have pin down a girl. Hutch gaze down at the female he was very impressed with red-orange colored pelt, especially when the sun hits it makes her look sparks of fire and to top off was her soft yellow eyes that match her pelt, and her flaming red and orange mane. Hutch felt his heart beat out of his chest as he continues to look at her. "Uhhhh…Can you please get off me!" She growled shaking him away out of his thoughts. Hutch took a few steps back looking at the she-wolf allowing her to stand up. She looks over at Hutch and stared at him tilting her head to the side. "Well I better get going now." She turned and started walking off but Hutch walk up behind and pressed his paw on her tail stopping her in place.

She jerked her head around only to start growling at the beta, "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" The red-orange she wolf demanded. Hutch smirked and shook his head, "Sorry I can't let you go home that easily…" He raised an eyebrow at her.

"And why not!" She stomped her paw and snorted.

"For starters you trespass onto the Western side of the territory and you're not allowed to, and I need to tell Winston that Tony is letting his hunters cross the borders to steal our prey and you're going to be the messenger bird to give Tony the message…" He said in a matter-of-fact tone. She growled and snatches her tail from under his paw, "Sorry pal I'm not going with you…You see I have a strong reputation to withhold and if any of the Eastern wolves find out I've been beaten up by a Western wolf I'll be the laughing stock of the pack." She said plainly.

"But I—"

"I'm glad that you understand…see ya!" She started walking off.

The beta growled and ran after her, he leap in front of her stopping her in her tracks. The she-wolf groans in annoyance, "Why are you so persistent on bringing me to your leader?" The eastern wolf growled.

Hutch stood there looking at her with half closed eyes, "We can either do this the easy way or the hard way…either way it goes I'm going to win." A small growl rose in his throat. She looked at him and frown, "Well I guess we got to do this the hard way then…Come on!" She barked.

Hutch snarled and charge right towards her, he rose on his hindlegs and leap right towards her. His paws pressed firmly on her shoulders and push her down to the ground, but the table has turns on the Western wolf. The she-wolf pressed her forepaws on his chest and her hind paws firmly on his chest as she pushed him off, they flipped slightly in the air before Hutch find himself on the ground pinned by the eastern female. He looked up at her with wide eyes, she pressed her weight more firmly on him as she lean closer to him, "I think my way is way much better than yours…" She winked and leap off him taking off back towards the eastern border. Hutch rolled onto his belly to his paws, "You are not getting away that easy!" He snarled and bolted after her.

The red-orange she wolf turned her head around slightly only to see the beta running after her, she shook her head and continue running. "I better find a way to get rid of him." She thought with a tight turn, the eastern wolf then jumps onto a rock and ran through some trees with low branches she easily jumped and dodge each branch since there were a lot of them in the Eastern Territory but Hutch was having a hard time trying to keep up. The she-wolf than grab a large branch in her mouth and gripped onto it and waited. Hutch then saw her and sped up just as he edge closer, WHAM! The branch slams right into him. The beta was a little dizzy as he went a little a coco and collapse on the ground. The eastern female burst out laughing and rolled onto her stomach laughing at her hardest, tears began streaming down her face. Hutch shook his head and look over at the laughing wolf he jumped up and spit out the branch that was in his mouth and started growling. She stopped and looks at Hutch wide eye, before she could react Hutch pounce and tackled her both wolves started sprawling around on the ground.

Once again Hutch was found pinned on the ground once again, the eastern she-wolf look down at him with half closed eyes and a smile, "Wow I never knew a Western wolf could be so smitten to eastern gal like me." She smirked. This made the beta's eyes widen and his white cheeks turned a crimson red, "Well…I…Uh…you…What…Am not!" He retorted this only made the she-wolf chuckled and shook her head, "Wow you are one bad liar Mr. Persistent." The eastern wolf grins down at him.

"W-what Mr. Persistent…I am not persistent!" His voice began to squeak slightly. She was about to open her mouth when a loud deep howl was heard from the eastern side of the forest. "Well it was nice chatting with you Mr. Persistent…But I have to go." The she-wolf walks off him her tail sliding across his cheek rather slowly. She hopped across the stream and walk off, "Maybe we can meet up again." Her voice echoed through the forest as she disappeared into dense fog leaving a crimson red face Hutch behind still laying on his back.

"Wow…" Was all Hutch could say. He rolled onto his paws and stood up, the western beta sighed and walks back towards the den but he could not get that eastern she-wolf out of his mind.