Well, here it is. It, again, is shorter, but the next one should be longer. I can hear you all saying "but that's what you said last time", and it is, but this time I mean it. Anyway, enough of me talking, on to the story.


Humphrey POV

He just glared at me in silence for a while. I couldn't tell what he was thinking, but I knew it was about me. I looked down at his long, sharp claws. After what seemed like an eternity, he slowly extended a paw toward me. "I am Mathew." He stated with a warm smile. "I am the head alpha of the northern Yukon pack. You came onto our territory and we assumed you were a threat, so Athos here knocked you out and brought you here." He pointed to the silver-gray wolf who was still in the entrance to the den.

"So, your not going to rip me to shreds?" I asked nervously.

"What? Of course not. Why would I want to do that?"

"Oh, good! I'm glad that's all it was. Now there's just the matter of getting back to Kate." I said relieved that I wasn't going to be executed or something.

"Kate? I don't know any Kate's. Where is she from?" Mathew asked.

I proceeded to tell him the whole story of how we were relocated together and how I got hurt. That gave him a good laugh. I told him of how we got onto the train and that I fell off and now I need to bet back to Kate so we can go back to Jasper.

"Well that's unfortunate." He said. "If you like, you can stay here until you figure something out."

"That's great, thanks!" I said. "I was worried about what I would do until I found her."

"Well you certainly couldn't hunt for yourself." He said laughing again. I didn't mind that he was laughing at me. It was pretty dumb for me to try and hunt then, after just being taught.

"You're right there!" I said laughing with him.

Lilly POV

He's so cute. I just love to look at Garth. I could stare at him all day. What else am I supposed to do anyway? We are in another meeting trying to decide what to do about Kate being gone. What else am I supposed to do? It's just the same things over and over again. A few have once again suggested that we send a search party for her and Humphrey, but dad doesn't want to do that now any more than the last time it was brought up. You see why I get so bored?

"I'm sure they'll be fine." He told Tony. "Like I've said before, they were probably just relocated by the humans. She is smart, she'll be able to find her way back. They'll both be fine. Kate is one of the best alphas I've ever trained."

"Well we have to do something!" Tony argued.

"She'll be fine." Dad countered. "In the mean time, what do you think of Lilly showing Garth around our territory? Now is the perfect time to do it, and he doesn't have anything better to do."

"Alright, that's a good idea. Garth, go on, let Lilly show you around. You can stay there until the next meeting."

I watched intently as Garth's muscles bulged as he leaped over the stream. He walked over to me and stopped.

"Alright, so where are we going?" He asked. I shook my head a little to break myself from my trance.

"Well, let's start with the feeding grounds." I said. He gave me a huge smile, which caused me to blush a little.

"Alright then, lead away." He said.

Good, he didn't notice my blushing. I turned and started walking toward the feeding grounds. "It's right over here."

"Well, here it is." I said. "And that's our den." I pointed to the rock formation overlooking the feeding grounds on which our den sat.

"That's quite the hill you have to climb every night just to get to your den." He said looking at it.

"Well, it is, but you sorta get used to it after awhile. When we were little, mom would put me on her back and dad would take Kate and they would carry us up to the den." I said smiling, but my smile quickly faded as I was reminded of Kate's absence.

Garth must have noticed, as he tried to comfort me. "I know you miss Kate, but you just have to stop worrying. She'll be fine, your dad said so himself."

"Yeah, I guess your right." I said with a sniffle "But I just can't help but worry. I miss her so much."

"Lilly, it's gonna be alright." He said as he pulled me into a hug. "She will be back before you know it."

After a little while I slowly pulled away. "Thanks Garth. I needed that." I said as I looked him in the eyes for the first time, smiling. He just stared back into my eyes. I tilted my head in confusion.

"Oh, sorry." He said nervously, looking away. "It's just that, your eyes, they are so beautiful." He looked back at me. I realized that my fur was back off my left eye. It must have been moved during our little hug.

"You really think so?" I asked shyly.

"The most beautiful I've ever seen." He said before bringing me into a kiss.

When it was over we looked at each other with wide eyes. At the same time we had both realized that we had found love, but that love was forbidden.

"What are we gonna do?" I asked him, nearly in tears.

"We just can't tell anyone, that's all. Well just have to keep our relationship a secret. As long as no one knows, we will be fine." He said nervously.

I looked around to make sure that nobody saw us. "I just hope that we can keep this a secret."

"Me too, Lilly. Let's go somewhere else." He said and we started walking. We didn't know where we were going, just anywhere but here.


Now I know what you are all thinking, and the answer is yes, you really did just wait nearly two weeks for that pathetically short chapter. But don't worry, the next one should ,hopefully, be longer. That's not a promise, but I'll try to make it longer. And yes, I am also talking to the guest reviewer (at least I think "reviewer" is right. I think there is only one. Correct me if I'm wrong) that is asking for longer chapters. Anyway, looks like another couple has fallen into a forbidden love (see what I did there ;) ). Please review and tell me what you think!