A/N: I know it's been too long to be acceptable. In all honesty, this story has been the last thing on my mind recently. And I started going to a year-round school, so I've been busy longer than everyone else.
But if you're still into this story, I know that it starts to get a little 'been there, done that' here (I even make fun of myself for it through Hayden). Just give it a chance, because I did come up with this on my own a long time ago, and I did read other people who tried the idea out. I haven't read one that was finished yet, so I'm going to try it my way. (Shout-out to one of my fans, this isn't meant to be like any scary movie. The scariest movie I've ever been able to stomach is Alfred Hitchcock's the Birds and the second half of Cujo). I don't find Cujo scary for some reason.
One more thing: I honestly would've had this up sooner, but then I decided to go the extra mile and post this after I had typed a few extra pages, so I could finish and begin posting on a regular schedule (I'm prone to OCD moments like that). However, I got an all of the sudden idea for a plot twist and had to re-do half of what I already started. So, meep :/
The moment the strange wolves noticed Jake had chosen to go with them, they shoved the young Omega wolf into the center of them, alongside his cousin, Luna, who was shaking in terror.
Jake noticed that they were approaching some thorn bushes. Youssarian was sitting in front of them. As Heep and the other wolves approached him, he got to his paws and grinned, his jagged tooth showing brightly in the moon's lighting.
"Evening Youssarian," Heep greeted emotionlessly. "I trust all was well under your care while I was gone?"
"No misbehaviors," Youssarian nodded. He turned and grabbed a barbed vine between his teeth and pulled on it, surprising Jake and Luna by the fact that the middle bush easily moved out of the way, completely unattached to the earth below it.
Heep led the wolves through the new opening, Youssarian pulling it back in place before following them.
Jake pricked his ears as he took in his surroundings. This must've been another pack's den area, for there were nests gathered between trees, under rock formations, and even a cleft inside a very big boulder. Beside the opening was a stack of small prey animals that had been killed, and the remains of a caribou carcass was left carelessly in the center of the camp.
The wolves surrounding Jake and Luna separated, leaving in separate directions to get to their own business. Only Heep and Desoto remained with the two Jasper Park wolves.
Heep yawned. "My, my. I'd like the old times when this job was easier to come back from. Desoto, you know what to do with them." Heep gestured to Luna and Jake behind him with his nose before trotting away, to what must've been the biggest tree there and disappeared among it's gnarled roots.
Desoto watched him leave before letting out short barks to call someone over. The wolf he called had been crouching beside a dead rabbit, but quickly bounded over at Desoto's calls.
"Pup. We've got new recruits. Show 'em around for me, cause I'm exhausted from another kill," Desoto ordered before stalking away to a group of what looked like his friends.
The new wolf rolled his eyes at the other wolf's laziness, but blinked warmly at his guests. "Hi guys. I'm Mitch. Come, I shall show you around."
Hayden had never told Luna or Jake about Mitch, so they followed him without question as to why he was there. They simply followed him around the den area.
Mitch started to play tourist guide, "Alright my fellow Omegas. Have you been feeling left out, bullied, and just plain underappreciated?"
"Not really," Luna answered.
"Well, they've made me rehearse this, so I'm going to say what they told me to," Mitch replied. "The neglect is over! Welcome to the Omega clan."
"Clan?" Jake tilted his head.
"In my opinion, they call it that just to be fancy. Anyway, here is where the abused wolves of wolf packs can come to unleash their revenge on those who tormented them. Founded by his highness over there, Heep, who comes from a pack in Idaho."
Jake listened to the theatrical wolf in silence, his head hung low silently. Thoughts were whirling around in his head madly. "Wait-revenge? Do you mean this is the group that's been…?"
"Killing the Jasper wolves?" Mitch halted. "Got that right."
Jake's breath stopped altogether, and he could tell Luna had a similar situation happen as well. They had found the murderers! They were amongst the serial killers behind their friends' murders!
Mitch was about to continue with his tour, but a tawny colored wolf was calling him over. "Sorry to cut this trip short, but I must be going now. If you get lonely, some of your fellow Jasper wolves are over there."
Before padding to see what the tawny wolf was asking, Mitch pointed with his tail to the cleft in the rock with a few mossy nests surrounding it. Jake and Luna were almost too terrified to look. But they did. Jake was ready to fall over and have a heart attack.
There were his pack mates! They were associating with the killers of their own pack! Jake didn't want to even look at them. They were traitors!
And the worst part? He found Selena. She was laying inside the rock, with her front half hanging outside the crevice. She was talking with a fluffy, dark cream-colored wolf he didn't recognize.
Jake had a crush on her. And now all he saw was a traitor.
Luna hissed in his ear. "Jake. Do you think they killed anyone from…?"
Jake didn't answer. Only looked at his cousin hopelessly.
When he didn't speak, Luna did. "Maybe they had a good reason."
Jake growled.
"Jake, we should at least talk to them! They're the only wolves we know here. And the only ones I'm not afraid of…"
Luna didn't stick around for any protests Jake could have. She began walking towards their pack mates, Jake following with heavy paws. He couldn't find words. He could only feel anger pooling from his heart.
Luna yipped to announce their presence. The wolf Selena had been talking to noticed them first. Jake thought that she had rough-and-tough written all over her feisty expression. He was expecting her to just jump them and attack without a word. But instead, she just chuckled. "Looks like we've got a newbie pair. I'm Vitani. This is Selena."
"We've met," Luna said coldly.
Selena didn't respond. She was frozen solid, as if she couldn't believe that Jake and Luna were there. Jake met her stare resentfully.
Vitani noticed them, but got the wrong idea. "I guess I better be going. Mitch just loves my company."
However, when she came up to him, he ran away, Vitani grinning mischievously.
A lighter cream-colored she-wolf came up from behind Luna. "Luna! Jake! So glad to see you're alright."
"Aunt Sweets?" Luna nearly gaped. "What are you doing here?"
"Me and your Uncle Salty can explain. Come," Sweets padded to the other side of the boulder. Luna looked at Jake for support, then followed her uncle's friend. Jake quietly muttered to her that he would join her later.
He made sure no one but Selena was inside the crevice before jumping in. He stalked to the far back of the poorly lit den. He heard the lichen flooring shift as Selena got to her paws and turned around. "Jake…" she whispered. "Jake, I know what you're thinking and it's not true!"
Jake raised his head and snarled at her over his shoulder. "You betrayed your own pack! Wolves have died, and you helped the cause. You weren't even neglected. The Omegas are treated fairly in Jasper!"
"I'm not here because of that!" Selena clawed at the floor in frustration. "Remember Jake, when they kidnapped me, I had just seen Maggie get killed. Not only was I in shock, but I was afraid I would be next. I let them take me because I feared for my life! Just wait; you'll see that half the wolves here only joined because they'd be killed otherwise."
Jake twitched his ear irritably, but knew it was no use. He couldn't even pretend he didn't believe her. He sat up, his hostility replaced by apology. "I'm sorry Sel. I should've let you say that before jumping to conclusions."
Selena's caramel-colored tail wagged slowly. "That's alright." She stepped closer and nuzzled his cheek.
Meanwhile, Luna was getting a similar explanation from her aunt and uncle. However, she was still on edge. But that was only because every few sentences, one wolf would interrupt the other and begin a small argument, so she forgot what they were talking about for half the conversation.
Luna's tail twitched uncomfortably. "Um…Sweets? Salty?" it was the first time she didn't begin with Aunt or Uncle. "Is something going on between you two?"
"I apologize," Salty scoffed as he began to walk away. "Apparently I'm just a useless clump of fur."
Sweets growled at the comment and marched in the opposite direction. Luna looked between them and debated who to go with. She chose Sweets. "What was all that about?"
Sweets grunted. "Salty and I got into a…an argument a few days after our capture."
"What about?"
The answer would be the most shocking violation against pack law Luna had ever heard in her life.
Kate and Garth were out hunting early the next morning. Humphrey and Lilly were helping some Southern Beta wolves patrol the perimeter of the park. It was just before sunrise. Which means: no one was supposed to be awake without Head-Alpha permission.
Hayden's friend, Cassidy wasn't exactly embracing this concept.
She couldn't exactly be blamed though. Cassidy was secretly bullied because she was different. When she slept, she would have these…dreams. And they wouldn't stop happening until they came true. Sometimes she liked this. Other times she would dream something scary. Recently, she had dreams of a flood and her friends always got caught in it. But the thing with dreams is, you can't remember some of them when you wake up, so she could never remember what had happened that made her so scared.
Also, the Omega was thirsty. And trust me, when you're thirsty, it can keep you up until the crack of dawn.
Cassidy roamed over to the waterfall where Humphrey and friends invented the infamous sport of log-sledding. She dipped her muzzle into the freezing water and lapped up a few mouthfuls. That is, until something smooth and non-water bumped her nose.
Cassidy tensed, standing there in shock. Then she completely flipped out. "AHHH!" she screamed bloody murder and scrambled backwards, tripping over her own bushy tail in the process of doing so.
It didn't help her terror as whatever bumped her began to climb out of the river. Or…dragging itself more likely. Whatever it was, it was muddy, and gross, and soggy, and moaning, and just plain gross. Finally, the beast flopped onto the surface.
"Zombie!" Cassidy shrieked. "Please don't eat me! Eat my friends! I know everyone says Miranda has a thick skull, but she's a lot more fluffy!"
The so called 'zombie' struggled to sit up. It shook it's head, causing a few flecks of mud to fly off, revealing bright brown eyes. "Cassidy!"
It ran forward and was trying to hug her, but Cassidy thought the beast was trying to pounce for the kill.
"Ahh! Help! Help! Zombie apocalypse! Shakey was right! Zombies are here!" she cried, struggling to escape the gross thing's grip. After a few heartbeats of struggle, she went limp.
The 'zombie' got off of her. "Cassidy!" it growled, shaking some more mud off of itself. "It's me! Hayden! Cassidy…Cassidy open your eyes."
The Omega had her legs pressed against her eyes. "No. You'll turn me to stone."
"Cassidy, zombies aren't even the monster that does that."
Hayden's friend cautiously slid her paw off of her snout. "Hayden…? Hayden!" She gasped, jumping to sit-up.
"I'm sorry if you expected Old Yeller."
"Who?"
"Never mind. It's an Alpha pup story."
"Oh." Cassidy shook her head. "Anyways, what are you-I mean how did you get in the water? I thought you were scared of it."
"I am. Twice as much now!" Hayden shuddered. "But you won't believe it if I told you. I went on another trip outside the park, and I don't know how, but Jake knew there was this underwater tunnel. Don't ask me how, but we got stuck in this really bad situation and Jake saved my life!"
"My hero!" Cassidy exclaimed dramatically.
"I know right?"
"Well, now what are you going to do?" Cassidy wondered. "Aren't you going to tell your parents?"
"No!" Hayden's eyes nearly bugged out of her head. "I can't tell my mom, of all wolves, about my biggest screw-up yet! I got Jake and Luna dog-napped."
"Oh that's not good," Cassidy flattened her ears.
"Exactly. That, and the fact that I was leading expeditions outside the park during a time like this, she would have my pelt for a rug with or without the dog-napping."
"So what are you supposed to tell Kate?"
"Tell me what?"
Cassidy nearly jumped into the river. "Alpha Kate!"
"Sorry to startle you, Cassidy," Kate apologized as Humphrey came up to stand next to her. "What did you two want to tell me? And does it have something to do with you being up at this hour?"
"Uh…er…" Hayden tried to come up with a believable story as quickly as she could.
"I-I couldn't sleep. And Hayden was thirsty," Cassidy turned to her best friend, who nodded to add a convincing affect. "I came here just aimlessly and Hayden was here and we started talking and we thought…"
"We thought about holding another moonlight howl!" Hayden concluded for her.
"We did?" Cassidy murmured.
"You did?" Hayden's parents said in unison.
"Yeah! I mean, with everything so freaky around here, we should do something fun to calm everybody down. No offense to you dad!" Hayden added. "I agree that log-sledding is tons of fun, but sometimes, your aim gets wolves hurt."
Humphrey tilted his head a few times. "Yeah, got a point there."
Kate looked at her mate. "Hayden's idea isn't half bad."
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking," Humphrey agreed.
"I think we should go through with it Hayden," Kate said to her daughter.
"Great! And one more thing," Hayden put in as her parents were about to turn to walk away. "Would it be absolutely terrible if I invited a wolf outside of Jasper?"
"Outside of Jasper park?" Humphrey pricked his ear and went tense. "Hayden, of course-"
"You can!"
"Kate!"
"Invite your friend. But you know the rules, we have to meet him before you two go anywhere," Kate reminded her pup.
"Of course mom," Hayden dipped her head. "C'mon Cassidy. We should get home before your dad sees you're gone."
The two teen wolves scurried away, the Head-Alpha pair watching them go.
"What was that all about?" Cassidy hissed when they were out of earshot.
"It was true! Things are all tense, everybody deserves to have a load off. And…" Hayden looked around before continuing. "It was the perfect way to distract my parents until I can get Jake and Luna back."
"Get them back?" Cassidy pricked her ears. "How do you say that like it's no big deal?"
"Because it's not. If I can keep stalling the Moonlight Howl, then my parents will be distracted and I'll have plenty of time on how to steal back my brother and Luna."
"Wow. You've got this all figured out. But what about that new wolf thing?"
"The other day, I met a lone wolf who got a new pack, but he says his pack isn't too fond of him. If they kick him out, I want him to feel welcome here. That way, I won't have to worry about the killers catching him."
Meanwhile, Kate and Humphrey were having a scheme of their own.
"What was that all about?" Humphrey demanded at the same time Cassidy had.
"Hayden was right. If we can prove we're still united and remind the pack that we can protect each other because we're a family society, then everyone will calm down a little bit. And…" Kate looked around in a familiar way. "If Hayden brings that newcomer, we can question him. You know, see if he has anything to do with the sudden lone wolves popping up, requesting to join us. I think it has something to do with the murders."
"Wow. I'll never figure out how you can do this stuff like it's no big deal," Humphrey sighed.
That evening, Hayden excitedly scurried to the border to find Mitch. She kept fantasizing about him asking to join her pack right then and there. Not that it was anything personal or anything…she just…wanted to know she had saved someone's life. Yeah, that's it.
But to her shock, it wasn't Mitch who she ran into. It was her brother!
"Jake!" Hayden hugged her littermate until his eyes bugged out of his head. When she pulled away, she didn't give herself a moment to breathe. "Oh my gosh, Jakey, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! You saved my life back there! How did you know that tunnel was there? And now that you escaped, you and Luna can save my hide with mom and dad as well! You-are-the-best!" she shook him by the shoulders.
Jake put a paw on her shoulder. "Hayden. Calm down."
After she obeyed, Jake continued, "I can't stay here for long. I'll be missed, and I can't leave my scent for our packmates."
"What?" Hayden's ears drooped. "Why aren't you coming back?"
"I'm finally amongst the killers! They're this huge group of Omegas who want revenge on packs that mistreat them," Jake explained.
Hayden scoffed. "Oh my gosh. How many times have we heard that one before?"
"I don't know. But the thing is Hayden, these guys are some of the best. Their leader came all the way from Idaho, right after he tricked each wolf in his entire pack into getting killed by poachers and other stuff!"
"Oh my!" Hayden took a surprised step back. "And the wolves we can't find?"
"Notice they were all Omegas?"
Hayden gaped.
Jake nodded. "I know. But it's not what you think. Most of the wolves there only stayed because either they have no more pack to go to, or they'll join the hit-list for knowing too much about their plans!"
"Well, why are you staying? You've escaped right now!" Hayden demanded.
"I thought you'd understand. Don't you see? I've found a way to easily pass information to you! Luna, Selena, and I can be your spies until we figure out how to take them down!"
Hayden thought this over, her tail wagging the more she did. "You're right!" she breathed. "Completely reckless, but this just might work out for us!"
Jake nodded bashfully. "Thanks."
"Do you have anything I need to know right now?"
"I've only been there for a few hours, but I do know that you shouldn't trust too many of the Omegas in the pack right now. Selena's friend, Vitani keeps mentioning wolves called 'insights.' They're spies, but I don't know who they are yet."
Hayden nodded, taking the new information in.
"Now I've got to run. Those murderous killers give us curfews you know," her littermate said, already starting to back away into the shadows.
"But wait, I still want to know about-" Too late. Hayden's brother had left. Hayden kneaded the grass under her claws in frustration for a minute. Then she decided she couldn't blame him. Killers were strict, right?
The den inside one of the Northern Mountains hadn't been touched since a large, grumpy bear had reclaimed it. This was why it was bad for any wolves to be wandering around inside it. Even lone wolves.
There was a strange wolf who was snooping around inside the cave, ignoring the scent of bear that had been growing staler each day.
"I didn't think you still came here."
The wolf jumped and snarled defensively at the sound of another wolf at the cave entrance.
"I was starting to think you'd forgotten this even existed."
The wolf relaxed a bit as he recognized the gray wolf with a lighter gray stripe going up his muzzle and disappearing somewhere atop his head. The gray wolf continued as he took a few steps closer. "I was starting to think you forgot any of us existed."
"I wish," the first wolf retorted. "But if you're so worried, Logan, I don't see why you didn't just come and find me yourself. You're more than welcome to ask how I've been."
"I could've sworn I made it clear that I'd rather eat my own tail than ever see you again," Logan growled.
"Jeez, how long are you going to hold this grudge?"
"Whenever you apologize for ditching me when I needed you most! And for taking the only other friend I had in the world with you!"
"I did nothing wrong," the other wolf insisted, his lip curling in the beginning of a snarl. "And now you're going to demand I get out of your oh-so-special hideout?"
"No. I hope you stay."
The other wolf pricked his ears, not expecting this.
"This place has currently been taken residence of by a huge, territorial bear. Why don't you welcome him home, and I'll send Kiana your ears when he's done thanking you."
The wandering wolf rolled his bright green eyes and let out a short, irritated growl.
"What're you even doing here? You knew we'd treat each other like this," Logan went on.
"I was hoping you wouldn't stop by. You didn't the last time I was here."
"You've come back here before?" Logan narrowed his eyes and his hackles rose defensively.
"Relax Lassie; it was after the bear came back. He was out hunting and I just stopped by."
"Why?"
"What? Is it unnatural for a 'wolf like me' to feel a bit nostalgic for the old days?"
"You had a chance to keep those old days and you blew it. That's not my fault!"
"I didn't say it was!" the other wolf argued. "Look, I told you why I left that night-"
"Yeah, I got it loud and clear. You were being selfish and only concerned for yourself! Then you had to brainwash my only other best friend into leaving with you."
"I was not being selfish! I was doing what was best for her."
"Didn't you think I could do that? I was the Head-Alpha's pup!"
"We were just pups back then Logan-"
"Exactly! I went through way too much for a pup to go through while my best friends in the whole world were vacationing in Montana."
"We had it tough too Logan-"
"Right," Logan rolled his eyes disbelievingly. "I'm sure Idaho is a lot more gruesome than-"
"Great Star of Sirius, Logan, shut up!" the other wolf snapped, lashing his tail. "Gosh, this is just like when we were younger. All you ever see is your own problems. That's why I never reached out to you for help. I figured you wouldn't listen."
"I did listen! You just never stuck around long enough for me to do anything about it."
"And you always interrupted me! And frankly, it is the most irritating thing on this side of the universe. You haven't changed at all Logan. You'll always be nothing but a great, big puppy." The wolf huffed angrily and began to storm out of the cave, roughly shouldering past Logan.
He was almost outside when teeth clamped onto his tail and pulled him back. "Fine, I'm sorry. But listen, someone very important to me disappeared recently and if you find her or see her in any way shape or form, I will do or say whatever you want. It…" Logan sighed and dipped his head, his voice softer now. "It's enough I lost you and Kiana when we were pups. Her name is Luna and-"
Logan stopped when he felt his former friend tense. "You mean the hyper little snowball with the red tail?"
Logan nodded slowly.
The other wolf turned to face him better. "Oh Logan, please tell me this: is she an Omega?"
Logan blinked in confusion. "Well…yeah, but she has some training as Head-Alpha."
"How can she be both?"
"Her parents, along with her mother's sister and that wolf's mate, are the ones who got rid of the Alpha and Omega pairing law."
The wolf blinked, taking in this new information. Finally, he gave a curt nod. "She's fine. So is her cousin, Jake. But they can't come home right now. You'll just have to trust me in the meantime."
Logan took a tentative step back. "But I don't."
The wolf expressed his frustration with an aggressive bark.
"Why can't you just send her home? And Jake while you're at it?" Logan asked innocently.
"Now's not the time to explain. I have to go."
"I've heard that before," Logan sounded somewhat hurt.
"Don't start!" the other wolf scolded. "And whatever you do, do not go out to look for them. The wolves I've been hanging around with lately…they know what you are and don't like it. They have bad histories with Alpha wolves."
Before the conversation could go any further, the wolf whipped around and dashed away like a bullet. Logan watched his form shrink away in the distance, recalling how similar the scene was to a stormy night he experienced a long time ago. "You haven't changed at all either, Mitch."
Jake yelped with surprise as he landed on his belly, his lower half sliding into a hole in the ground. Luna rushed forward and helped him back onto his feet by grabbing his scruff in her teeth.
"Told you it's been a while since I did that kind of stuff," Jake huffed as his head stopped spinning.
His challenger smirked. "You're telling me."
"You think we're doing really badly at this, don't you?" Luna asked.
Vitani shrugged, relaxing a bit. "Well, we all start out a little rusty. Even I did. Just make sure you do all you're practicing with me, and you'll learn how to latch onto an enemy's throat for ten whole minutes in no time."
"I thought you were just trying to teach us how to leap onto their backs and hold onto the scruff?" Luna said, tilting her head to further show her puzzlement.
"Well yeah, 'cause you're just rookies right now," Vitani scoffed. "Once you're ready for your first killing, that leap and hold thing will be like a pup-game to you."
Jake and Luna flattened their ears and exchanged a nervous glance, earning a snicker from Vitani. "Don't have it in you, do 'ya?"
"We've just never killed our own kind before," Jake confessed. "We might've had to hurt them, but that was purely self-defense."
"That's 'cause you're Omegas!" Vitani said in the closest to sympathetic the rough-and-tumble she-wolf could ever manage. "You're used to stopping the fight, not starting it. But don't worry. Heep will teach you what's best." Vitani let her tongue loll out briefly. "Phew. I'm tired of talking. Time to use my tongue for rabbit tasting!"
And with that, Vitani bounded off to nab a rabbit from one of her friends. Luna's ear twitched. "Okay. I'm officially considering her bipolar." Luna began to walk with her cousin towards their den. "So now that we're done with fighting practice, what're you going to do with Sel tonight?"
"Me and Sel?" Jake questioned. "Luna, please don't say it like that. We are not dating; we're just friends."
Luna scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Ugh. I hate that 'in denial' phase. Just admit you like her already. Oh! And when you do, be sure to mention that I was the one who introduced you two."
"You introduced us?"
"Of course!" Luna's red tail curled over her back like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You wouldn't have become friends if the Jasper Park packs hadn't united, which wouldn't have happened if I hadn't snuck around to hang out with the North/Southern pack's leader's brother."
Jake looked at her skeptically.
"Whatever, everybody already knows you like her anyway," Luna ended the conversation, walking off confident that she knew everything.
Jake rolled his eyes and walked in a different direction. He bit off a piece of caribou that had been lying around and was about to take it into the cleft in the rock, but he saw some wolves already sleeping inside. Close to the entrance was Selena herself. Jake knew that eating in here would wake everyone up with the smell of food.
Jake settled a few paw-steps away to chew on his snack. He pricked his ears to a sound that had become all too familiar.
His Aunt Sweets and Uncle Salty were fighting. He didn't know why. At first, he assumed it was something pointless again. But if that was the case, they would've gotten over it by now. Jake pretended not to be listening so he could have a chance to hear what they were actually saying this time.
"You're my mate Salty! Putting me through something like this is a violation against pack law!"
"Rules were made to be broken. You would know, considering you started this by doing the exact same thing, only first!"
"At least I didn't get pregnant!"
Jake dropped the meat in his mouth. Did that mean what it sounded like? Had one of his father's dearest friends cheat on his own mate?
And gotten her pregnant?
Jake raced out of the camp. Tree branches whipped at his face and muzzle, cutting up his snout. Jake skidded to a halt at the invisible border of Jasper Park. He sniffed, trying to catch his sister's scent.
"Jakey?"
Jake whipped his head up, not bothering to hide his disappointment. "Cassidy! I need you to find my sister, no questions asked!"
The silver-furred Omega tilted her head in confusion, but was slowly backing away. She finally turned tail and ran deeper into West Pack territory.
Jake waited anxiously, ducking down into a bush and pressing himself into mud to hide his scent from other wolves passing by.
At last, Hayden popped her head into the bush next to Jake's. "Hayden!" Jake jumped to his paws, making her gasp in surprise.
"Jake? This isn't our usual meeting time. What happened?"
"I overheard Aunt Sweets fighting with Uncle Salty. Apparently they cheated on each other. Who in the pack is pregnant?"
Hayden looked a bit overwhelmed at the sudden news. "Like…five? No, six! Aunt Candy, remember?"
"Hayden! Salty got one of those females pregnant!"
"Holy Chihuahua," Hayden's eyes widened. "And it wasn't Sweets? It's pack law to be mates for life!"
"I know!"
"What'll we do?"
"I don't know. We at least need to know who it was though."
"How'll we know? No one wants to admit they had an affair with a wolf that wasn't their official mate. Or what if it wasn't even in our pack? What if it was another pack's wolf? Or a lone wolf?" Hayden's eyes widened even more (if that's possible). She looked like she was about to start hyperventilating.
"Hay-Hay-Hayden, breathe! Relax Hayden, relax!" Jake ordered.
"We need to tell mom and dad! This has never happened before; they'll know what to do!"
"Hayden, what're you going to tell them? That you found this out from your missing brother who can't be found because he's spying on serial killers?" Jake pointed out.
Hayden flattened her ears. "That's a good point," she sighed.
"I shouldn't have told you this," Jake decided out loud. "There's no point-we need to focus on the murders!"
Hayden breathed heavily. "Right…sure…whatever. Gee…"
"You need to go Hayden. Cassidy saw me, and I doubt you want her to get involved in all this. You need to come up with some excuse."
"Alright. See you tomorrow for the report. Usual time?"
"Of course."
The two siblings nodded and went in opposite directions. However, Jake didn't get very far when someone from the Omega Clan stepped in his way.
"Sabrina-!"
"You're spying on us?"
Cliffhanger, I know. But now that it's finally finished, I think I can get my motive for the story back and get quicker updates. So thank you for your time my long time, no see friends.
P.S. Vitani is not a crossover character from the Lion King 2. Her name means 'demon of war' in Swahili, and I thought that would be kind of cool/fitting for this character. And if you're wondering what's up with Cassidy, she's one of those dogs that can sense a heart attack or when something bad's about to happen (I got the idea when I found a picture of my old dog that had saved my Grandma's life once). :)
