Humphreys POV

My eye's shot open to see Kate who also had her eyes wide open looking back at me. I was wondering where the voice came from and I found the answer when I looked down at Tanner who was sitting as my feet and was looking back at Kate and I.

"Daddy?" Tanner said

Kate and I then looked at each other "His first word" We said in unison

I looked back to him "That's right son I'm Daddy" I said

"Mommy" He then said

"Great job Tanner you got it down" Kate said

"Is there anything else you know?" I asked

All he did was shake his head

"That's okay it will all come in time, now lets back to sleep and we can help teach you other words tomorrow"

Kate and I laid back down along with Tanner who had moved up to sleep between us. Time as I knew it would start to speed up in the coming weeks.

Two weeks later

Tanner could now speak as well as any other wolf now and he has also gotten much bigger in size over the passing days. What I didn't expect was the same feeling all parents get which was seeing there pup grow up in a instant, sure he was only three weeks old but to me that time went by fast. Today was an important day since this was the day when Tanner would get to go outside of our den, he's been out of it before but that was when his eyes were still closed. Kate was lying in our den while Tanner and I were up and playing a game of tag, of course it was kind of easy since there wasn't a whole lot of room to move about in the den.

"Alright Tanner, I'm taking a break" I said

"Aww but I'm not tired yet" He said

"You're never tired"

"Yeah but that's because I'm a pup"

"You're correct there, and do you know what day it is today?"

"Oh I know this one! It's my three week birthday"

"Not only that today's the day when you get to explore outside" Kate said

I could see his eye grow wide with excitement and I couldn't help but let out a chuckle at the site. He was a very active pup, always up and running around the den or jumping around, I knew that this was a trait from Kate since she was the Alpha. Yet the odd thing was that he had the more omega personality like me, he also had some good jokes to go with it.

"Can we go out now?" Tanner asked

"Hmm I suppose so" I began

"But on one condition" Kate added in

"And what's that?"

"You must listen to your father and I and also do not stray far from the den, alright?"

"Mom you can trust me that I'll listen to you and yes I will stay close to the den"

"Good boy, let's go" She said with a smile

The three of us left the den as a family, the whole time I watched Tanner. He began to look and observe the world that was laid in front of him, he smelled the ground and a few flowers that were next to the den. Just when he was getting used to it a bird flew by which made him duck down as it passed

"It's alright son, no animal will hurt you out here" I said walking up to him

He looked at me and nodded before continuing to survey the near by forest, I on the other hand walked back to Kate who sitting in front of our den watching him run about. I walked up to her and sat beside her to watch our son run around a few trees.

"He sure is a cute thing isn't he" Kate said

"Sure is" I said

"You know he a lot like you"

"Yeah he has my Omega traits but that's not all he has some of your personality in him"

"Yeah he has a ton of energy like I had when I was a pup"

Kate then leaned her head on my shoulder

"You know Humphrey this is exactly how I imagined it"

"Imagined what sweetheart?"

"Life being married to you, I imagined us to settle down and have a family and now we have."

"Yeah I imagined us this way too"

"I'm really glad I went with my true feeling then going with the forced marriage, I would have never had this great of a life if I went with it"

I smiled "And I'm glad that I had my mind changed before jumping on that train, or else I wouldn't be sitting here today with a great mate and a beautiful pup as my son."

"I've always wondered what made you change you mind so suddenly"

"Well as I was running to that open box car a beam of sunlight shined through the car and I would see a ghost image of us howling together. It immediately brought me to my senses, what was I doing running away from my problems? If I couldn't be with you then I could at least tell you my feelings and try to move on, but that was all shorted live when I found out that you didn't marry him and that I had another chance."

"I think what it was all some force that stopped me from marrying and for you to come back"

"That can be a possibility"

That made me think, was it my mother who was that force since said she would always be watching over me? I shook the thought and focused back to Tanner who was still enjoying the world that was around him. The day passed fast as we all played game like tag and hide and seek outside the den. We were all having a great time as a family, come on who wouldn't want that?

Back to 2023

Humphreys POV

"Wow you sure were having a great life with Kate and my dad" Nova said

"Yeah there were some good memories then, it also was a great time of peace in Jasper"

"I'm sure since there was plenty of food for all and everyone was happy with what they had"

"Yup and that still lasted for some time while your father grew up"

"Are you trying to say there was some event after that time?"

"Well you'll just have to find out when I get to that part of my story" I said

"Hmm… Aright fine, continue on"

"As I was saying, having great family was a dream every wolf wanted, and nothing was better then what I had. And I found that time would still go by fast as I watched your father grow from a pup to a handsome young adult…"

A/N: Hmm peace for some time? Am I trying to say something? Well you just got to stick around too see. One of the things I've found about life stories is that they are a long story (Obviously) and I always write what comes to me and that fits into Humphrey's life, but I always get big ideas for this story. I got the ideas all ready to write but I just got to fill in the stuff leading up to it, which is what I've been doing. Basically what I'm saying is that if the story seems to be lacking drama and action like stated to have in the first chapter, just stick around a few more chapters cause after that I will be bringing one of my big ideas into play :D