THREE YEARS
Humphrey opens his eyes and growls angrily when he feels their presence, they are waiting outside.
Humphrey gets up and leaves the den; he sees that it is surrounded by Garth and the whole pack.
"Who are you?" Garth asks with authority. Eve, Winston and Tony are at his side.
"You make a lot of noise Barf." Humphrey says yawning widely while he feels the warmth of the rays on his fur, he sits.
"Humphrey, is that you?" Kate asks as she walks through the crowd of wolves to see Humphrey.
She looks at him in amazement, he was not the same omega wolf that had left the pack three years ago; he now has strong legs and look bigger than Garth. His fur is the same but looks different by his muscles.
His features had become harder and he has a visible scar across his face, but the most noticeable change is in his eyes.
Kate takes a step back when she sees the eyes of Humphrey; his eyes were not the eyes of a omega that loves the fun and laughter. Kate sees hatred and coldness in Humphrey's eyes; they are the eyes of an emotionless and murderer wolf.
This not to go unnoticed by Winston nor his mate, they swallow saliva, not believing the radical change of Humphrey, Garth and his father cannot believe that the weak omega now looks so strong.
The pack moves a few steps back to get to a safe distance from Humphrey.
"I see you've been busy." Humphrey says when he sees a young wolf behind Kate, she is an exact replica of Kate when she was young and was about to go to Alfa's school.
"Humphrey Why you did not announce yourself? We could attacked you, we are on alert." Garth says with anger and rage while he is looking at Humphrey, he laughs scornfully.
"Surely by the Clan of Shadows" Humphrey says yawning again.
"Do you know them?" Winston asks looking at Humphrey.
"Who does not know them? The Legend of one bloodthirsty pack that kills other packs to seize their territories and plunder them" Humphrey asks smiling weakly.
"We thought they would attack soon." Tony says looking at Humphrey.
"Yes, but finding three alpha wolves killed of their pack will not encourage them to attack without knowing what they face" Humphrey says while he is scratching her ear with a hind paw.
"How do you know?" Eve asks with interest.
"I penetrated in their territory to do some spying" Humphrey answered while he is watching as the entire pack is surprised by his the words.
"Did they catch to you?" Garth asks looking at Humphrey.
"No, I can come and go without anyone finding out; I allowed them saw me." Humphrey says looking at Garth.
"Why?" Winston asks walking forward to Humphrey. He can see that Humphrey is no ordinary wolf, he does not know what happened to him, but apparently his skills are greater than his alpha's.
"I wanted to have some fun and see, if they are good and fierce fighters as some wolves count." Humphrey says with a grimace of contempt. Kate and the others are surprised to hear Humphrey.
"Are they good?" Tony asks looking at Humphrey, he laughs.
"Their level is higher than other alphas, but they are amateurs that are not at my height." Humphrey says looking at his old pack. Everyone looks incredulously at Humphrey, he is strong yes, but wolves the clan of the shadows have the reputation of being the best wolves in combat.
"So are you have come to help us?" Kate asks with the illusion that Humphrey has back to support them in the fight that is coming.
"Help you? Why would help you?" Humphrey asks with a smile.
"You're part of the pack" Kate says looking at Humphrey in surprise by his statement.
"I'm not, I'm just passing through, I going at south because females are in heat there." Humphrey says as he looks at Kate.
"You will help us without matter if you want help us or not" Eve says jumping on Humphrey.
She cannot get close to Humphrey; he grabs her by the neck in the air and whips her against the ground. Humphrey tightened Eve's throat as she looks at him.
Eve gives to Humphrey a hit on the face with her right hind leg, but he does not flinch by the action of the alpha female.
Winston, Tony and Garth immediately jump on Humphrey, but he hits them and sends them down a couple of meters while Humphrey still is grabbing Eve. Kate quickly bites to Humphrey on
the leg that is has trapped to her mother.
Eve takes air when Humphrey shakes his leg to get rid of Kate, she falls near her daughter.
Eve moans when Humphrey takes her by the neck and lifts her in the air to stare at him.
Eve for the first time in life feels great terror to see the eyes of Humphrey, he opens his paw and let that Eve's body fall on the ground, she takes a breath while Kate helps her to stand. Everyone in the pack is impacted while Garth and others gets up and recover.
"Glad to see you still have fighting spirit." Humphrey says as he looks at Kate, he licks his paw to wipe a few drops of blood.
"So this is the strength of your alphas, what a laugh." Humphrey says as he chuckles and notices that Kate and others look at him.
"If this is your strength, you have no chance against the clan of the shadows, but considering their number, few packs would have it." Humphrey says laughing while he is looking at the members of his previous pack.
"Anyway, do not worry, you will be avenged because the days of clan of the shadows are counted, someone will take care of them." Humphrey says yawning.
"I'll go hunt a moment; I have to leave tonight to be on time." Humphrey says as he walks away from the group, the wolves give him way and even his old omegas friends are afraid when Humphrey passes near them.
About three hours after, Humphrey is resting in the den after eating a good caribou. He is lying down and he is close to sleep when he feels that someone enters in the den, they are soft and small steps.
Humphrey has an idea of who he is, he sees that Kate's daughter appears before him.
"Hello my name is Ashley." The girl says while Humphrey gets up and walks around her relishing her figure.
She was still young and beautiful to be an omega female.
"Wow, they must be desperate to send you as payment." Humphrey says looking at Ashley.
"No, they did not send me and my parents would not do that." Ashley says with indignation while she is looking at Humphrey, he smiles.
"That's what you think; they have a good example with your grandparents." Humphrey says while looking at Ashley while he lies down on the floor.
"Well. What do you want from me? After all you are an omega." Humphrey says looking at Ashley; she looks at him with some surprise.
"It's not hard to see, the omegas are easily recognizable, but I am intrigued that you're an omega because your parents are alphas, unless Garth is not fit enough to breed." Humphrey says as he starts rolling with laughter.
"I'm an omega, but I had alpha two brothers who died in an accident." Ashley says with anger and sadness at the same time.
"I was the last the runt and my way to be relegated me to be an omega." Ashley says as she sits and looks at Humphrey. He looks at her intently.
"I wanted to meet you, my mother told me a lot about you; you were a bright omega and you brought her safe from Idaho, you saved her from falling into a river and Bears" Ashley said looking at Humphrey.
"She told you that?" Humphrey asks while he closes his eyes and thinks in that trip.
"I like to long board as you." Ashley said looking at Humphrey.
"Salty and guys I guess" Humphrey says looking at the girl, she nods enthusiastically.
"They told me you were the best on it." Ashley said looking at Humphrey.
"And you want me to teach you" Humphrey says with some surprise. Ashley nods affirmatively.
"I will not do it." Humphrey says closing his eyes and getting comfortable to sleep.
"Why not?" Ashley asks with begs in her voice.
"These games are things of omegas and that is the past, I had changed like everything in life." Humphrey says as he closes his eyes.
"That was clear when you attacked to my parents and grandparents." Ashley says angrily as she turns to leave the cave and hits to Humphrey with her tail. Humphrey smiles softly when he notices that she has the reckless character of Kate.
Humphrey gets comfortable, but opens his eyes when he feels that something is happening. He smiles and stands up to leave the den while he knows what to expect.
In her den, Kate and Garth are reunited with Eve, Winston and Tony. They try to decide how to deal with the clan of the shadows.
"If they have such strength, we need the help of Humphrey." Garth says as he looks at the others.
"Humphrey has already made clear that he will not help us, it is full of bitterness and hatred." Kate says looking at Garth.
"Why?" Winston asks looking at the others Alfa wolves. Kate bows her head slightly as she bites her lip because she knows the answer, she had hoped that Humphrey would back sometime, but not in this way.
"Kate, Garth!" Hutch calls from the cave entrance.
"A group of the clan of the shadows had captured to Ashley!" Hutch says looking at Kate and Garth.
Both leave the cave quickly following their alpha, Tony Winston and Eve follows them.
Kate and Garth has a strong fear as they run, they know that their daughter is in great danger. They arrive at the middle of the valley where are gathered a lot of wolves of the pack.
Kate and Garth move between their wolves and see a group of seven individuals in front of them.
They smile viciously.
"Ashley!" Kate says when her daughter is lying on the floor unconscious; she is behind the wolves, under the supervision of a black wolf.
Kate tries to go with her daughter, but Garth stops her, he growls angrily while he is watching at the intruders.
"Sander, we should not do this without his order." a gray wolf says looking and approaches to the leader of his group, a black wolf.
"Shut up, I will show him that I can do this my way." Sander says looking at his subordinate.
"Well... as you see, we have someone yours. So if you want to save her, you have to surrender immediately to our pack" Sander says looking at Kate and Garth, they look the wolf angrily. He smiles as he sees as wolves of the unified pack growls angrily.
"Do not worry about her. She will live, if you do what we say." Sander said smiling while he is looking at Kate with desire. At that time they hear that something falls to the ground, Sander and his accomplices turn their heads and see that the black wolf that is watching to Ashley is dead on the floor with his throat ripped.
"What is this?" Sander asks before another sound behind them catches their attention, they turn around and see another of their own wolves is dead on the floor with eyes open in surprise.
"You are pathetic." says a voice behind them. Everyone looks at the place from where the voice had come, they see as Humphrey is standing near Ashley. He takes to Ashley by the neck and throws her to Kate and Garth. They catch her in time and put her in a safe place.
"How you dare to ambush me with only six wolves? That was an insult, you seriously believed that I care about that girl and I would go to rescue her?" Humphrey says looking at the leader.
"That cannot be, those were some of our best wolves." Sander says looking at Humphrey with shock and disbelief.
"Really? Now they are dead and you will follow them soon." Humphrey says when jumps toward wolves of the shadows.
Kate swallows hard when she sees as Humphrey rips the necks of two wolves with his claws before they even touch to the ground. Humphrey bites a third wolf on his neck. The wolf opens his eyes in fear before Humphrey breaks his neck.
Humphrey looses the wolf, the dead wolf falls on the ground looking at Kate. She feels fear when he sees that Humphrey looks at the three remaining wolves, they have no chance to escape. Humphrey rips their throats to two of them when he thrown them to the ground and put his front legs around their necks.
Blood stains the ground. Sander has no better luck when Humphrey closes his mouth around his neck and bites hard. Garth looks like the wolf tries to fight and slowly suffocates while his neck vertebrae break under great pressure from the jaws of Humphrey.
His inert body is hanging from Humphrey's mouth.
"Humphrey. Watch out!" Kate says when a wolf leaps from the bushes that are behind Humphrey, he does not move. Something intercepts the wolf in the air, Kate sees as a gray wolf has the enemy in his mouth.
Winston and others hear the wail of the enemy when the gray wolf kills him. The wolf turns around to look at Humphrey. He has a look similar to Humphrey, was robust and in his body there are marks of past fights.
"Hi Jae " Humphrey says while he is watching at another wolf.
"I never thought that you would be so careless in that way." Jae says smiling as he places his paw on the enemy that he had liquidated.
"I thought you'd like have a part of the fun." Humphrey says watching at the wolf, he is approaching to Humphrey.
"You do not change; you're one the best among us, but do not see why you saved the girl." Jae says looking at Humphrey. He smiles softly.
"It was an obstacle in my way." Humphrey says as he sees to his friend.
"Did you have come back from the South?" Humphrey says as he sits in front of his friend, he nods.
"Females are great there." Jae says looking at Humphrey, he chuckles.
"You're not going?" Jae asks looking at Humphrey.
"Not now, this issue became personal, if these losers had not insulted me, I would have gone tonight." Humphrey says while he is looking at another wolf.
"Can you do me a favor?" Humphrey asks looking at Jae, he looks at him intently.
"When you arrive to our place, look for Lily." Humphrey says as he looks at his friend.
Winston's eyes open wide at the name; maybe... maybe it was his lost daughter. Jae starts laughing out loud while Humphrey smiles.
"Wow Humphrey. Want you organize a massacre and bloodshed?" Jae asks looking at Humphrey while he laughs.
"In something I have to pass the time, besides I'm sure Lily will gladly come, you just tell her that I checked everything personally and here she can finish the unfinished business of the Central waterfall pack" Humphrey says looking at his friend.
"Humphrey you are a sadist, poor losers... the fate that awaits them." Jae says laughing like Humphrey.
"I shall leave in a couple of hours, I will eat first" Jae says looking at Humphrey, he nods slightly.
Kate and her pack stare in disbelief as Jae are looking the dead wolves and choose one before he starts to drag him and disappear into the vegetation. Kate looks incredulously at Humphrey feeling a knot in the stomach
"What? It is better than losing energy hunting, besides it is not different from other meat." Humphrey says for Kate's horror. She realizes that Humphrey was more than a wolf; he was a cold and heartless monster.
"Humphrey ... you spoke of Lily. Do you mean my daughter?" Winston asks as he does a step towards Humphrey.
"That Lily is not what you once knew, she is now... let' say that she as I am now" Humphrey says while Eve and others open their mouths in surprise.
"She is the only female, with whom I have care, I am not sure to win in a fight against her." Humphrey says smiling at the thought of the transforming from a weak Lily to a wolf without weaknesses.
Winston and Eve look at each other, they are not sure that they can believe Humphrey. Her daughter is now one wolf capable of defeating Humphrey. They already saw him in action and it seems impossible that Lily can match with a wolf capable as Humphrey.
"When Lily gets here, your problems with the clan of the shadows will end. In the vocabulary of Lily there is not the word: pity" Humphrey says while the unified clan swallowed hard.
Humphrey gets up to go to rest, but he pauses and turns his head.
"One more thing, you better starts explaining to your daughter and other females of the pack, the facts of life. The members of Lily's pack are males; if they are going to do this, they will want for something in return because they like young girls." Humphrey says looking at Garth and Kate.
"She never... never will allow that." Kate says looking at Humphrey in bewilderment. She like her pack refuses to believe that Lily will let that her niece other females of the pack would be raped.
"I just wanted to make things easier, but if you want, you can discuss it with Lily. She does not care much what do the wolves of her pack, as long as they abide by her orders" Humphrey says resume his walk.
Kate and Garth look at each other with concern because if what Humphrey said is true, they will not able prevent that their daughter and females of the pack be raped.
