A shout went up from the wolves farther outside the rim of the party. Kagome looked up to see Kouga; many of her wolf friends hugging him and patting him on the back while his guards gave him updates on the area. With a whisper in her mind from a wolf sitting off to her side Kagome and some of the other female wolves move farther from Kouga and into the center circle of the fire ring. Kouga saw her move and immediately his focus was on her. Watching her laughing with some of the bottom ring females, the sighs when she caught him staring at her, and the obvious glee she had in playing with some of the pups.

It took him a moment before he realized he couldn't hear her voice. She would laugh out randomly, she would move her hands in description but her lips did not form words and her voice did not fill the air.

"Ginta!"

"Yes Boss?"

"Who is Kagome talking too over there? I cant here her and my eyes are failing me."

"She is talking to Lin Boss."

"Okay, HOW is she talking to Lin?"

"With her head Boss; just like all of us." With those words Ginta wandered off into the party again, leaving Kouga to think his words over.

'She can speak to the wolves in her mind like all of us? It has to be from the mating bond.'

'Kagome lets move closer to the fire.' Lin told the priestess. The group puff five women moved onto the inner circle of logs where the children were playing.

'I'm sorry girls; I just don't want to be around him right now.' Kagome sighed at the restrictions she was putting on herself.

'No, we understand that Kagome. If you weren't mated to the alpha we would all agree to help you become alpha yourself, to over throw him and make him pay for your pain. All of us support you. The greatest mating taboo we have is one that isn't consensual. If you told us you wanted him killed, we would.' Lin growled out at her words, underlining her meaning.

'NO, I don't want Kouga killed. And I don't want to take his place as your alpha and prince. I'm just going through all of these changes and I need to figure them out on my own, without him around; making my head all fuzzy.' Kagome rubbed her head for effect.

'Oh, you're starting to feel the effects. We are so sorry Kagome, some of us really understand what its like and we wouldn't wish those feelings on anyone.' Lin told the woman, her sisters nodding there muzzles beside her in agreeance.

'I think I'm just going to go home, I need to rest after all of the excitement today. Ill tell Kouga about the cubs before I go.' Kagome stood up and brushed off her dress.

Kagome thread her way through the dancing and running wolves, making slow progress towards the edge of the forest and where Kouga sat in contemplation.

As quietly as possible Kagome walked up beside Kouga, touching his shoulder and enjoying the shocked look on his face at being caught by surprise.

"Hello Kouga. I'm leaving in a moment, and I wanted to tell you that there are fresh cubs born this day and yesterday. There mothers and fathers await you in the birthing den, so you can welcome them into the pack properly. Now I delivered each of those pups, and I have already told there mothers that I welcome them here as is my right. But if you find one lacking, send a wolf up to get me and I will check them over and explain. Goodbye, Kouga." Not even giving him a chance to contest her actions or say hello Kagome quickly moved into the forest, her feet pounding into unbeaten earth as she raced through the forest.

'I have to stay away from him more, even if I should stay strong in front of him and the others I can't get so close again. It's too hard to be around him and focus on keeping my scent in check and my actions. Just get home Kagome, and everything will be better.'

Kouga looked after Kagome, admiring her every footstep, the curve of her body and swish of her hair. He was thankful that she spoke to him; he had expected it to take much longer before she would even look in his direction. He wouldn't contest her decisions on the pups, the likely hood that they were anything but pure was a very slim chance and he would trust her, it's the least he could have done.

"GOOD MORNING SISTER!" Kisa shouted from the top of the cliff face.

"KISA! SHUT UP IM SLEEPING!" Kagome shouted back, a growl in her throat. Even with the rude awakening she wasn't mad at Kisa, she was upset at herself and her lack of control. All through the night she had been plagued with thoughts and dreams of Kouga, even after her long runs through the woods after her talk with him she had been UN able to get him out of her mind. As quick as she could she set up a barrier around her scent before walking out to invite Kisa inside.

AUTHORS NOTES.

Thank you so much for telling me about the manga/anime difference with her eyes -Destiny. I am solely an anime addict and I've read very few Manga before. Though I do enjoy them immensely. Usually I just press play on a long series and while it plays as background noise I read a book. If I get interested enough I will look up and watch. So obviously I've never known her eyes were blue. I think I will stick with brown eyes for this story though. I feel they match her personality a bit better.

Lolistarkiller -Actually a cub is a small inexperienced and awkward version of a large carnivorous mammal. It can be used to describe bears, wolves, lions, tigers and others of that kind. Synonyms of cub can be whelp or pup. Though close in many ways the youth of a Fox is a kit, not to be confused with a kid with is a young goat.

By the way I would like to profess my profound apologies about this taking so very long. I have very good excuses, but in my opinion that's all they are, excuses and they do not give me the right to flake out on you guys. Thank you for waiting, and for reading, and for all of your lovely comments.

I would also like to give a searing hot praise to TassanaBurrfoot. Her story Conversations With Wolves is amazing.

OHHHH. Okay so I need you guys help. Pitch me a few extremely insane ideas about this story. You see I'm WAY too meticulous for my own good, and it is the reason I will probably never finish any of my books. When I get an Idea I write it out, ALL of it, I make character biographies, I make homes and plants and economical issues. And rationally I know that the story will change a lot, and anything could be different if it is written right, so all of that work becomes worthless. But it has an effect, it makes me bored. I read what the story is SUPPOSED to be and then I get bored with it and I just want to type up a synopsis of the story and give you all of the details in one. So unless I'm going to stop here and now, I need your help okay guys? Give me some changes, some random ides. LOVE YOU GUYS!