Stormy: OMG I am so sorry, I neglected this so long! I will make this a long chapter!

Odd POV

My new mate lay beside me; last night had been the best! Although all the wolves that passed stared at me with doubt, like I would drop my job now that I gained a mate. They should be happy now that there will be alpha pups to take Kate's place after she retires… you know after I die.

I glanced and Aelita as she lay on her side pressed against my left flank. Just the way I preferred it. Eyes shut in pleasure as the noon sun warmed her soft pinkish fur. The new singing wolves were fitting in well, the pup Canoe already befriended Ulrich's daughter and I knew what that meant! The same thing would happen to them as did to Kate and Humphrey, and I disposed of the murderer with banishment!

Over all pack life was grand! We were growing in population more now since Kate became pregnant. Not so much for poor, Humphrey when my mother found out, her aching joints didn't stop from trying to kill Huffy! But we saved him and now the pack was back to normal.

I slowly got up but woke Aelita anyhow. She looked up at me with a lustful hunger. 'Not now' I mouthed to her. She shook her head to clear it then stood and stretched out her legs. I followed suite and we began to walk toward the feeding ground when I spotted Kando and a wolf I did not recognize I continued over to them and stopped behind them.

"Did you hear about Odd? Mating with the newcomer, I heard she was pregnant and he killed her puppies just to mate with her!" "Wow I heard th" I coughed purposefully.

"I heard that he did none of that and that Aelita has a name and also that her pups died because a tree fell on her back!" I growled at them both they looked at me wide eyed then slunk away. I returned to Aelita she gave me the 'What was that about?' look.

"Tell you later, love!" I smiled her and we headed for the pile of fresh torn up caribou to take our share, the singing wolves were there too, collecting some for them to have a pleasant family meal. A little while ago I had found that Callen wished to stay for his life and his family agreed, so I had devoted the day thinking jobs over and the announcement was almost ready to begin.

I sliced into my caribou piece and glanced at her, she was doing the same but suddenly her ears perked, she looked over at me and smiled.

"I don't want to rush you dear but wolves are waiting for you to begin the meeting." I looked at the tall stone she was right all of the alphas were gathered at the front and then the betas, and omegas. Ulrich my best bud was at the front lower down on the rock answering a few questions. I slowly climbed to my feet shaking out my pelt after I reached full height and began the walk to the rock.

With Aelita at my side I climbed up the rock with a few short leaps while she stopped two feet back and sat to listen. I began the meeting.

"Some of you may be cuoreuose of what has become of this pack, and from rumors I here you do not think it is good. Well it is and beyond it to! We have become stronger and even more pups are on the way! The caribou are plentiful and all wolves sleep full at night. Top hunter Ulrich has some words on that," I glanced down at Ulrich as he stood to speak, but before he could get a single word in all the wolves suddenly let out angry or surprised howls and barks, I searched the clearing for anything at all and I did find something the leader of northern pack sped into the load of wolves hoping and sliding until he reached me.

"Please leader of the two packs western and eastern help us, I beg you! The cougars are attacking my pack, too many for us to handle!" I stared at him in surprise then instincts kicked in and I began giving orders to the alphas and betas.

"Alphas I need you to split into three groups one goes straight in the other two are to go in at the same time from behind, Kate, Garth you will lead the groups going behind I got the front! Betas I want you to go for the omegas and any pups keep them safe and secure, no panic got it! And I want five alphas to stay back and protect from any cats that might get past us, this is the cougar mother taking revenge on the wrong pack! Go!" All the wolves stayed quite as Garth and Kate began shouting for wolves to join them, soon they in seconds they were speeding through the forest to meet in the battle.

My group of wolves was in the middle while Kate and Garth flanked me on either side the betas behind and for some off reason Humphrey was running as my second, I glanced at him and he nodded breathing hard as he ran at top speed with us. Kate then took her side off and speed diagonally away from me Humphrey tried to go with her but as he pulled around behind me I snapped my tail out and caught his muzzle he got the picture and ran with me again. Then we came to a clearing not as big as ours but it was fair. About six cougars remained as four lay dead on the ground already as far as I could see no wolves had died yet, I ran and attacked the biggest one and it turned on me almost instantly but that small hesitation was all I needed I chomped down on its throat. But before I could do any more than kill it a screech ripped through the clearing, all the fighting stopped into an awkward silence.

The mother cougar was standing six feet away her face covered in giant tears.

"First you steal my cub and now you kill my mate! You wolves are terrible!" I responded to her before anyone could.

"And you cougars aren't? You are the ones who attacked this entire pack, pups and all! And do you not think that none of the wolves here have mates! We all do, so what makes it different that you come here and kill us then it happens to you and we are suddenly the bad people? Are you forgetting that you were the one who was going to attack a pup!" I growled fiercely at her. She flinched back some wolves did too.

Aelita POV

Odd had just killed the largest cougar when the screech slashed the air harshly, I looked to the creator, it was the same cougar that I had taken the cub from her on accident when I had thought her dead. She spoke to Odd in an angry voice and Odd retaliated as a leader should and the cougar flinched away from him as did some wolves. The cougar hissed and began to move closer to him.

Not a good idea to crowd an angry wolf, one step closer and a viscous snarled escaped his jaws. Another and he lunged at her.

Another and he lunged at her.

A/N Hahaha you wanted a chapter you got one, and a cliffy, hopefully meaning I will update the next one faster.