Are story beings in the winter months. It had been almost a year since Aleu led her new pack away from their home and t the carabou.

Aleu was out looking for some carabou to hunt, it had taken the half husky mutt some time to learn how to, yet thanks to Nuke, Sumac, and Yak. She was catching food like a pro in no time.

Yet on this particular day, she felt...different. She could quite put her paw on it, but something just wasn't normal. She didn't feel sick or anything, although she did feel unusually warm for it being so cold now.

She just did her best to ignor it.

Yet that wasn't the only thing different going on.

As Aleu walked on, suddenly two wolf puppies shot out of a bush.

"Tag, your it!" one puppy said

"Okay you better run," the other pups said playing some more

Just then two adult wolves came out of the bush as well.

"Time for lunch pups," the dad wolf said

"Okay papa," the pups said going back to their parents

"Cute kids," Aleu said

"I know," the mom wolf said with a smile "It feels like only yesterday they were drinking my milk, they grow up so fast,"

For some reason all that made Aleu feel warmer now. She ignored it and went back to hunting

Yet as she went on she noticed two wolves near a dead carabou

"Maybe they can spare some meat," she thought walking over

Yet when she did she noticed only one wolf was eating the kill. And boy was she eating

"Just how many puppies are ou pregnant with honey?" the boy wolf said in awe at his mates mad eating

"Excuse me," Aleu said "I was wondering if you could spare a bit of...

"Burp," the pregnant wolf said, only bones were left of the carabou

"Are yo all full pups?" the girl wolf said to her tummy as she rubed it. The boy wolf went over and felt her tummy to

Aleu left the wolf family to be, feeling warmer now still.

She continued searching for food, when suddenly she heard something. It sounded like some form of beast

"A rival preditor," Aleu thought ready for a fight. She waited for the attack, yet none came.

"Okay then," Aleu said following the sound "If you won't come to me, I'll come..."

Aleu stopped dead in her tracks when she reached the sourse of the noise. Two wolves "getting down"

"Excuse us!" the wolves said embarashed

"Tryin to get some private time Aleu!" the boy wolf said

"Oh my! I'm so sorry. Just...just..." Aleu left feeling akward, and really warm now.

In the end she gave up hunting and decided to roll around in the snow. Hopefully that would cool her off

"Why am I so hot all of a sudden?" she said rolling around more

"Ms. Aleu?" a voice asked

Aleu got up to see Vasha, a black girl wolf that was part of her pack

"Vasha?" Aleu asked "What's up?"

"I was just going to inform you that it looks like we might be in for a blizzard tonight," Vasa said "I advise you gather the pack together in the caves. Don't want any of the newborn pups to freeze."

"Speakin of pups," Aleu said just then "I've been feeling really strange when I get near them these days. You think you can help me find out what is going on with me?"

"Hmm?" Vasha said

Aleu explained what was going on with her body being warm and everything

"Huh!" Vasha gasped when she was done

"What is it," Aleu said worried

"Congradulations," Vasha said "You're having your first heat cycle,"

"Heat cycle?" Aleu said

"You're comming of age to where you can hhave pups of your own. This is mating season after all,"

Aleu gasped

"Puppies?" she said

Just then a cold wind blew over both wolves

"We better alert the pack," Vasha said

"Right, yeah," Aleu said as they went off

"Me, have pups?" Aleu thought as they went

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