Chapter 12

Kate was in a cave and she could see him her son "Streak!" she wanted to yell "Streak!" no response he looked at her but his eyes were lifeless then he was gone. One wolf that had been killed after another was walking by her not even seeing her. Then one looked at her directly "Lilly" suddenly she chraged Kate and Kate being to stunned was knocked over the edge of a cliff into the eternal void as she fell visions of everything she had been through haunted her suddenly she landed on soft grass and saw Flora and Winston standing in their den and below them was a massacare the air itself was red and misty from all ofthe spilled blood. Humphrey, the one wolf she could truly say she loved, was hanging from the roof of the den torn open and hung.

Kate screamed as she woke up "oh my god" she whispered and Humphrey was at her side immeidiatly The pups were staying over at Laila`s den so it was just the two of them. "Shhhhhh" Humphrey said "it was only a nightmare it wasnt real." Kate looked up at him she saw he was still alive and he was right "ok" she whispered too afraid to talk any louder. He laid down next to her, he licked her on the cheek "im right here" he said and slowly she drifted off to sleep in his arms "its only a matter of time" he thought "i just hope she doesnt lose it." He fell asleep right there with her and for the rest of the night they both slept peacefully.

As day came around Kate and HUmphrey were still sleeping when a cry rang out but it wasnt one that sounded like someone was going to die it had come from Kayla`s den she was lieing next to Tyler and she was shaking much like Kate had been the previous night. "Is she ok?" Humphrey asked Tyler "no she has been like this most of the night" Tyler responded. "We are all losing it" Humphrey thought to himself "slowly but surely."

Even after all that had happend last night Kate was acting about as normal as she had been before this started "Im gonna go get us some food" Kate saaid and Humphrey replied "ill come with you its been a while since we did something like this" she smiled at him and said "well lets get going maybe we can catch the herd by midday." It took till about noon to reach the hunting grounds and right on cue the herd of caribou was there grazing Humphrey and Kate took cover in some tall grass one very large Caribou was standing several yards away "ill take the throat you take out the legs" Humphrey said and Kate nodded "three, two, ONE" Humphrey said and they both dashed towards the caribou. It hardly had any reaction time and Kate and Humphrey were on it it didnt take long until it was dead stragnled to death by Humphrey`s jaws. "Well heres dinner" Humphrey said and Kate actually chuckeld "good sign" he thought to himself as they headed back to their den with the large caribou. Humphrey began eating as did Kate "good kill" Humphrey said "yeah it tatses great" Kate responded. "Well i think i know where we should look next" Humphrey said "and where might that be" Kate replied soundong far more normal than she had earlier "steps toward progress" Humphrey thought as he said "the cliffs surrounding the territory its secluded and its the only placed we havent looked." Sounds reasonable" Kate replied "good" Humphrey said "because i was gonna do it anyway."

Kate and Humphrey decided that only Tyler and Laila should come and they left the pups with Kayla the four of them stuck together the whole way up to the cliffs then they split up into two groups Kate and Laila took one side of the cliffs and Humphrey and Tyler took the other side they would encircle the whole cliff then meet back at the oppisite side. "sounds good" Kate said though she was sounding a bit shakey but Humphrey didnt let it worry him he had seen her much worse lately and then she could barely stand and now she was at a point were she could sprint with no issues though he couldve swore he saw her shaking a bit "just your head" he thought "its all in your head." It was about a half hour through the search when suddenly a scream rang out from the other side of the cliffs. Humphrey and Tyler ran like they had never ran before it took all of 5 minutes to cover the distance they had walked in 30 by the time they got to the original meeting place Laila was there she was bloody but alive she saw them and collapsed "Laila!" Tyler screamed out and Humphrey simply watched as Tyler knelt over her. Laila was losing alot of blood and Humphrey knew as well as anyone did that she wouldnt make it "wheres Kate?" Humphrey asked "i dont know Laila whispered and it was an obvious struggle. Humphrey felt tears sting his eyes and he just let them flow "im sorry" was all he knew to say "dont be" Laila said "there was nothing you could have done." and with that she was gone the life faded from her eyes and they closed her breathing stopped. "Im so sorry" Humphrey whispered "Kate?" Tyler asked "I dont know" Humphrey said "I Just dont know."

The death of Laila and Kates sudden dissapearence shook the pack to its core. Laila was the only one in the pack who knew anything about herbs and now her legacy was over wolves that needed those herbs were sure to die or at least get sicker before getting better. "Shes dead" Tyler explained to Kayla "and Kates missing" Kayla looked at the ground the she lost it completely she broke down on the spot "why didnt you stick together?" she managed between gasps "we might have all died" Tyler said not sure if that helped or hurt the situation. He put his arms around her and she accpeted it the shaking calmed and she went into a soft crying. "Now what do we do?" she asked calming down a bit "honestly i just dont know" he said "I really dont