It has been a few weeks since Kate and I had found out about Kates problem. The first couple of days were kind of hard for the both of us. She would breakdown crying at the most random times because of something someone said. I couldn't blame her though. She was going through a very difficult stage in her life, and only time would heal her emotional scar.
I, myself, have also been having a hard time. Kate didn't know about this because I didn't want to make her feel even more guilty than she already was. I would just see pups running around playing and it would kind of just set me off. But I never showed it around Kate. I had to be strong for her.
By this point in time everyone in the pack had found out about Kate being sterile. News tends to travel fast in the packs. We would just be walking around when some random wolf would tell us that they were sorry about what happened. We didn't want everyone to find out so quickly, but it's hard to keep stuff from the pack.
The other thing that came out of Kate being sterile was the talk about an heir to the pack leader. Everyone knew that Kate and I would take over the pack after Winston and Eve retired, but who would take charge after us. It caused some arguments among the pack, but nothing that turned violent, fortunately.
Kate and I have been spending just about every moment with each other ever since we found out. Winston gave Kate some time off to cope with her problems so we took advantage of it by spending every waking moment together. Which made the both of us happy. It helped us take our minds off not being able to have pups.
To another matter on pups, Lilly couldn't stand not having Kaye know and finally told her that she was having pups. On the outside Kate looked excitrd for her sister and congratulated her, but I could see in her eyes that she was pained to hear that her younger sister would be having pups when she could never.
She had gotten much better over the past weeks, but I could see that it still pained her very much. I only wish that I could make it better somehow, but there was seemingly nothing that I could do.
Getting off that depressing subject, McCabe has been fitting in greatly with the pack. At first it was hard for him, since he had a suprisingly shy nature. But over time he made friends with all the Alphas and from what I can see he has gained all of there respect, even Hutchs which was difficult to do.
Unfortunately for him though, because of the injuries he suffered from being atracked he would live thr rest of his life with a permanent limp in his from right leg. Earl said that they had hit some muscles that wouldn't be able to heal.
In his short time of being here he has made quite a name for himself. For his first assignment as an alpha of the pack he had to hunt alone, assuring the others that he would be able to even be considered an alpha. Even though everyone knew he would be able to because he was a lone wolf and hunting by yourself is part of the life, no one expected what happened. He brought back a whole Moose. Full sized adult male and McCabe came back unharmed. That became the subject around the pack for awhile.
He was also very knowledgeable of many things. I can't really give a specific example, but I do know that he has helped solve several problems around the pack. They were often small ones but he seemed to know many things about what to do with them.
Then there was his fighting ability. One day when Lilly had taken Kate on a girls day out, I decided to go to the Alpha training camp where alphas improved there skills. When I was there they happened to be sparing that day. I don't know what happened but an argument broke out between Garth and McCabe. The end result was a sparing match between McCabe and three other Alphas: Garth, Gavin, and Caleb.
That's when I tried to step in and calm everyone down but McCabe pushed me aside and told me that he'd be fine. I was hesitant but let it happen. What I was to witness next suprised not only me, but every Alpha there.
McCabe fought with such skill, it was almost unbelievable. He kicked all three of there ass's without getting a scratch on himself. It was actually kind of amusing to see how frustrated Garth and the other two were getting. Luckily after they finished Garth and McCabe shook paws and ended on good terms with each other.
McCabe and I have also been hanging out a lot. We had become great friends and we loved each other's company. Kate also became kind of fond of him. He even befriended my three friends Salty, Shakey, and Mooch. He seemed to make friends with everyone. He was just a kind of wolf that you couldn't hate.
Which reminds me of something. That son of a bitch had only been here for two weeks before finding a girl that not oy he liked, but who liked him back. It was kind of funny how it happened though, he wasn't the one to ask her out, she had to ask him. He was really awkward around girls which just added to the amazement of his charecter. A wolf like that not being able to talk to girls, who would have ever known.
Of course the girl who liked him was easily one of the most beautiful girls in the pack. Her name was Abby. She had beautiful shining snow white fur, with glowing blue eyes. McCabe definitely knew how to pick them.
I had spent some time with her myself since she was one of Kates friends I often hung out with them. She was actually a really nice wolf, though she did have a fiery temper. McCabe hasn't wittnesed it yet so I don't know how he would react to it.
Today was the last day that Kate was given time off. Tomorrow she would be back to her normal duties of the pack. So I wanted to make this day one of the most memorable days of her life.
They day started off with Kate, McCabe and myself just walking through the pack. We had just finished up with eating lunch and decided to just wonder around for a little bit.
"So, you guys got any ideas on what to do. I don't want to do nothing for my day off." McCabe said.
"Well, I don't know. What exactly do you want to do?" I asked.
He shrugged,"Something fun and gives you a rush. Don't you guys have anything like that. You can't be that boring." He joked.
Kate and I simultaneously looked at each other with an evil grin. We both knew exactly what to do.
"What the hell are you two smiling at?" McCabe asked kind of nervously.
It was only a little while later when all three of us were sat on a log board looking down a giant steep hill. Kate and I both looked down with antisipation. We hadnt done this in such a long time and we're ready to speed down this hill. McCabe didn't feel the same way.
"Are you guys sure about this?" He question.
"Yah, it's perfectly safe. Just don't hit any trees or rocks and we'll all be fine." I told him.
He scoffed,"That's really reassuring, thanks." He said sarcastically.
"Stop being such a pup, it's not that bad." Kate mocked him.
He just rolled his eyes and told us to get it over with. We both smiled and started to count down from three. Once we hit one Kate and I pushed off with our hind legs and we immediately started gain major speed.
Kate and I were screaming from pure bliss, where as I'm pretty sure McCabe was screaming out of fear. I laughed to myself, he was being such a pup about this.
In only moments obstacles started to appear and that's when I took charge and started to give out commands.
"Angle right, 45 degrees." I shouted, making us nearly avoid a large boulder.
"You guys are insane." McCabe screamed out. But it sounded more like a compliment than an insult.
We continued to dodge more things in our way, but eventually we came to the bottom and slowly slid to a stop.
We all climed out of the board laughing from the rush that gave us.
"That was honestly one of the funnest things I have ever done in my life. How have you guys not shown this to me before?"
"We haven't done this in forever. And you haven't seen anything. This was an easy hill. Kate and I used to be able to do the largest mountain in all of Jasper." I told him.
"You'll definitely have to take me down sometime in the future." He said.
"Yah, let's just stick to this one for now. Get you some practice." Kate said.
For the next couple of hours that was all that we did. Slid down the hill and pushed the board back up the hill, and it was the most fun I have had in awhile. Being with my mate and one of my best friends just made me really happy. But all good things come to an end.
On our final slide down the hill I said that was enough for today.
"We got to go and get ready for the moonlight howl anyways." I told them.
"Moonlight howl?" McCabe questioned.
"Oh right, lone wolf. Its just a special event where you take a friend of someone that you love and just howl with them. Its really fun. You should probably ask Abby." I told him.
He nodded his head. "That would be nice, but I've never really howled for fun before. What if she dosn't like it, what if I sound terrible." He asked, flattening his ears against his head.
"Don't worry budy, if she really likes you she'll love you even if your howl is atrocious." I said.
He stared me down and Kate elbowed me in the stomach. "What?" I asked.
She just rolled her eyes and mumbled something about 'men'.
"I'm going to tell you something that helped out Garth with his howl. Because he used to have the worst howl in the world. Luckily he had Lilly to teach him. You just need to remember one thing, howl from the heart. Don't try to force it. Just let it flow out of you and everything will be fine."
McCabe thought about it for a second before he smiled. "Thank you Kate, I will try and do that. Hopefully it's not that bad."
"Don't worry, you'll do great. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go and get ready." Kate said as she walked away towards the river.
"You really do have something special, you know." McCabe commented.
"Yah, I know." I sighed happily. "Well, see yah later. I've got to go get ready too." I told him, walking off to another part of the river away from Kate.
When I got there I jumped in and started scrubbing dirt off of my fur. As I was washing I couldn't help but reflect over my life in the past year. Its been so great. I've made so many friends ever since that alpha and omega law was lifted. It seemed after that, that all alpha and omegas got along better, like a social barrier was lifted.
Then there was the obvious of getting to be Kates mate. That was by far the best thing that has happened to me. I wouldn't know what to do if I didn't have her.
After about fifteen minutes of bathing I finally got myself all clean. I hopped out of the water and shook myself dry. I then looked at myself reflection in the water and smiled.
"Kate's gonna love this." I said walking back towards the main grounds.
While I was walking back I couldn't help but stop and watch as McCabe tried to ask Abby to the howl. He looked extremely nervous and Abby just stood there trying not to burst out laughing. I just laughed to myself and started walking away.
The first place I went to was the feeding ground. I was starving after all the days activities. When I got there I went to the nearest caribou and started digging in. It was only a few minutes later that I saw McCabe walking over to me, looking really relieved. He came over and sat by me and took a bite of thr food.
"So how'd everything go." I chuckled.
He looked over at me with a glare. "You saw me trying to ask her, didn't you?"
"I saw enough." I laughed, leading him to lightly punch me in the shoulder.
"It went fine, she said yes." He told me.
"I knew she would. After this we will go and meet the girls at howling rock." I told him. He nodded and continued to eat.
After we both got done we set off to Howling rock. I wasn't really nervous at all because I have done this many times before. But the same couldn't be said for McCabe. He looked like a nervous wreck.
"Calm down man, everything is going to be fine." I told him.
"That's easy for you to say. This is how you grew up. This is all new to me." He pointed out.
"Just remember what Kate told you and everything will be fine. Now calm down and let's go have some fun."
He took a deep breath before nodding and we continued on our way. When we arrived we sat at the bottom of the mountain, waiting for our dates. The first one to arrive was Abby who dragged McCabe off to some part of the mountain. I chuckled as I saw him getting tugged along by Abby.
I waited for about another five minutes before finally my girl came walking into my sight. I don't care how many times I saw her like this, it will always take my breath away seeing her like this. Her fur glistened in the moonlight and she just looked amazing.
She walked up to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "You're looking handsome tonight." She complimented.
"Thanks, you're not so bad yourself." I replied.
We then started walking and made our way up the mountain going to claim our spot at the very top. When we were walking I tapped Kate on the shoulder and pointed out something off to our right. It was McCabe and Abby. Abby was howling right now, waiting for McCabe to join her. It looked like he was building up his courage before he finally just lifted his head and let out his howl.
I had to say, for his first howl it was pretty damn terrific. I stared at him with my mouth hanging open. It was one of the best howls I had ever heard. There was just no end with the suprises of this wolf. This guy just seemed to be good at everything he did.
After that shock, Kate and I finally made it to the top. We looked at each other with great love in our eyes. "You ready?" I asked.
"Always." She replied. That's when we tilted our heads back and started howling our hearts out to the heavens above. I would never be able to get over the beautiful sound that was Kates howl. As always our howls mixed together and danced in perfect harmony. It always brought a smile to my face to know that even with all our love towards each other, we were meant to be together.
I had many good days, but this was one of the greats. And what a better way to end it than howling to the moon with the love of my life.