Chapter 12: The New Borders (written time is unknown)

As Stone and Rhys were talking, Simon had finished his garden for the season. "Looking good." He was now please with himself. Now was the time to get to business. He walked to the mouth of his cave. "Hey, Stone, I need you," he called out.

"Okay, excuse me Rhys." He went outside. They then strolled while talking. "So whatcha' need?" Stone asked.

"This is about the new pack from our deal."

"Is something wrong?"

"No, no, it's just I need you to decide where you want the borders to be."

"Oh, okay," Stone grinned, relieved. Simon stopped walking and drew a wavy line in the dirt next to him.

"Pretend this is the dividing river." He drew a circle on the bottom end of the line. "This is the lake," he gestured.

"Alright, I get it," Stone said. Then Simon drew an oval on the top of the line, making it look like the oval was cracked in half.

"This is the Eastern and Western Pack." He dotted the dirt, putting it a bit southeast of the oval. "This is where we are."

"So what do you recommend?" questioned Stone.

"In my opinion, a pack's territory should be about here to here." He put two more dots surrounding the first dot and parallel to each other, both exactly two inches from the first one. Afterwards, he drew a circle, connecting those two dots, making the first dot in the center. This circle was a bit smaller than the oval, though.

"Whatever you say, Simon. You're the expert." Out of nowhere, Rhys came up to them.

"Hey guys, what are you two talking about?" They both panicked. Was it safe to tell her?

"Oh, -uhh- we were just talking about -uhh-," Simon mumbled.

[What should I say? Stone thought, uneasy. I guess I have to tell the truth. Will she comprehend?] "Don't worry, Simon, I got this," he told him. "Here, I'll explain."

They met up at Simon's garden. Rhys didn't what was going on. It was just a simple question, right? "Do you remember when we talked about your sister, Terra? And how you said she made you fall on a sharp rock?"

"Yeah?" She wasn't sure what this was coming to. [I hope this doesn't involve me, she thought.]

"Well," he continued. "There's this disgrace of a wolf named Stormfast that -umm- left me to humans..." Rhys gasped.

"Oh, that must be horrible!" She started hugging him. "That's many times worse than what happened to me!" she cried.

"Don't worry, Rhys. He'll get what's coming to him."

"What do you plan to do?"

"Well, I promised Simon that I'll help him with revenge with my pack, in exchange, he promised to help me create my own pack because it's my dream. So we were just adding the new borders."

"Oh, I see."

"Stone!" Simon called out.

"I gotta go, bye."

"Okay." He walked back to Simon.

Rhys now felt sorry for Stone. To be captured by humans and survive was amazing, and heartbreaking but could be avoided if this wolf, this... wolf of sorts, this... wolf of mystery and bewilderment hadn't betray his own kind, his own friend, his own packmate. To Rhys, it was a cruel joke. Whoever Stormfast was, she would claw his eyes out.

Back over to Stone and Simon, they were wondering what to call the river south of the cave. Unlike the dividing river which flowed south, this river flowed west.

"How 'bout Stone River?" said Simon.

"No, no, you're too nice."

"But it's your pack, you can do whatever you want." He pointed at his chest. It made Stone feel more special, like he was more important, like he was top Alpha.

"Oh, fine, I guess so."

"So what do you want the name of your pack to be?"

"Hmm... Stone's Pack!"

"Okay then," Simon laughed. Stone laughed with him.

"But no, seriously... it's gotta be Stone's Pack," he growled.

Next: Chapter 13: Love for Another

(Hello. :) This is my first chapter with new grammar laws and logic. As the story progresses, you'll notice chapters with more emotion in them. Such as the next chapter: Love for Another. Now, I know what you may be thinking from the title. But which couple do you think will fall in love?)