Author's Note: A bit of a longer chapter. Sorry it's so late in the day, family wouldn't leave me to write. Happy fourth of July everyone!

Chapter Thirty-Six

With tear filled eyes, Lilly looked at Garth. Garth wanted to somehow fix everything, but he knew that this was something that was just out of his control. No matter what he did, he could never restore Lilly's sister.

Only ten minutes ago, everyone had been so angry and hateful. Now, things were turned around. Starting with Humphrey, every wolf began to howl mournfully for the death they had just caused. Each wolf knew that he or she had played a part in the death of Kate. Each wolf knew that if they had only cooperated, Kate would still be alive. It was everyone's fault that Kate was now unconscious and more than likely dead.

One wolf in particular had been observing everything around him. This wolf was the hard-hearted Tony. Deep inside of him, he knew that Kate's death was mostly his fault. If he had not been so disagreeable towards Winston, he might have actually been able to sort things out before a stampede was generated. Kate was gone. Tony was responsible, yet he would not repent. Glancing around him, Tony noticed that he was the only wolf in the valley that was not howling.

Suddenly, Tony felt something… new! He felt this strange and painful feeling in his soul. Tony was regretting his cold attitude and decisions. Unable to contain his feelings, Tony finally threw his head up and howled out all his regrets and mistakes that he had been creating ever since his wife died. Tony was now a better wolf. He was a wolf that would think a little more of others before he acted. He was becoming more and more like his old self.

Kate continued to lay lifeless on the ground. She really did look like she had passed away, with her body pulling a gray tint onto itself. However, as the wolves continued to howl, something began to happen to her. Her heart began to beat faster and her chest started to rise and fall again. Before long, Kate opened her eyes. She was alive!

Garth could not believe what he was seeing! Kate was not dead; she was alive! Nudging Lilly, who had her head down in sadness, Garth directed Lilly's attention to the scene in front of them. When Lilly saw what was happening, she could not believe her eyes! Garth and Lilly looked at each other and smiled. They knew everything was going to work out.

Garth and Lilly gradually refocused their hearing on Kate and Humphrey. "Is everyone staring at us?" they heard Kate say. At this, Garth and Lilly looked up.

"Well, no, not really," Humphrey started. When he saw Garth and Lilly look up, however, he said, "Well yeah! Now they are."

"Oh darn," Kate continued. "Cause I wanted to tell you something."

Garth and Lilly watched as Kate whispered something into Humphrey's ear. Whatever she was saying must have been something happy, because Humphrey's tail started to wag.

"What? Really?" Humphrey asked.

"Uh-huh," Kate confirmed.

"Okay, well… Well I wanted to tell you something too." Humphrey said. He then proceeded to whisper into Kate's ear just as she had done to him. Whatever he was saying must have been happy as well, because Kate started to giggle as he spoke into her ear.

Tony and Winston had been watching everything from over by the log this entire time. They knew that what was happening in front of their eyes was actually against pack law. Little by little, however, they were both concluding that the whole law saying alphas and omegas could not be mates was very stupid. "You know, maybe this could work," Winston said happily.

"Oh I…" Tony began. He was unsure on what to do. When Eve came up behind him and growled, however, he made his decision. "Alright," he said.

When Garth heard this, he looked over at Lilly. Lilly, however, had already heard everything. She leaped up into the air and pounced on Garth. Looking up into Lilly's eyes, Garth kissed Lilly. This was the first time he had ever kissed a wolf. He was enjoying every millisecond of it. As the packs cheered around them, Garth spoke up, "I love you Lilly."

"I love you too, Garth," Lilly responded as she resumed the kiss.

Garth broke the kiss. He had something to ask Lilly. "Um, Lilly, I need to ask you something."

"Go on…" Lilly said hopefully.

"Will you be my mate?" Garth smiled up at Lilly.

Lilly was so overjoyed at this that she fell down right next to Garth so that they were both eyelevel. "Yes!" she said. "YES YES YES!" Lilly then pulled Garth into another kiss.

When Garth and Lilly broke the kiss, Garth said, "Wanna get married right now? Everyone's already here anyway."

"Let's do it!"

Garth and Lilly walked over to Tony, Winston, and Eve and asked if they could get married. Naturally, Eve was uneasy about giving her daughter off to be married but when she saw she was the only one who had not yet agreed to the proposition, she consented. Garth and Lilly would be married immediately and the alpha and omega law would be abolished.

"Can I have everyone's attention?" Winston quieted down the cheering wolves. "Tony and I have discussed matters while everyone has been celebrating. We have decided to abolish the ridiculous law which forbids alphas marrying omegas. The Western and Eastern packs will be united through the marriage of Garth, Tony's son, and Lilly, my daughter. Are there any questions?"

"Yes," Humphrey yelled from out in the audience. "Kate and I would like to get married too, with your permission."

Winston looked out at Humphrey, who was standing right next to Kate. Apparently, he had proposed at the same time that Garth had proposed to Lilly. "You have my permission," Winston said as he smiled at Humphrey.

With that, everyone walked excitedly back to the ceremonial marriage rock where they were earlier. This time, however, everyone was happy. Every wolf knew that what was about to happen was meant to be.

Garth, Lilly, Kate and Humphrey were all walking towards the ceremonial rock side by side respectively. They all looked at each other and smiled warmly. Garth knew that everything was going to work out after all.

Author's Note: Everyone ready for some more of my weird and random humor? Here's Garth singing…

I KISSED A WOLF! AND I LIKED IT! HER LIPS WERE SOFT! AND IT FELT SO RIGHT! AND I AM, IN LOVE TO-NIGHT! CAUSE I KISSED A WOLF AND I LIKED IT! I LIKED IT!

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