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Previously:

Cole gave a sigh and sat down behind the pup, "There is no way he is on milk."

Kai nodded his head in agreement, "He's too big for that. Maybe he is in shock." The black wolf went down to his belly and playfully nudged the puppy whose response was the whine and back away again. "My guess he got off milk not too long ago. Lucky kid we don't have any mothers here that are milking so to speak."

Cole got busy making the small chuck into smaller easier pieces to deal with. She showed him it wasn't dangerous by eating a little bit, "See Kiba nothing to be worried about. Try one." She nudged one in the puppy's direction. At first the white furry puppy didn't do anything but apparently his stomach got the better of him because he started to inch forward. Keeping a close eye on both the adult wolfs.

Now:

The next day found Cole carrying around her new pup by the scruff of his neck. Her head was held high so that the pack could see that the decision was final. Kiba still tried to curl in on himself despite the hold supposed purpose of relaxing the pup. When she got to where she had intended, which was at the head of a wolf meeting next to Zali, she put Kiba back on his paws only for him to scurry behind one of her front legs to try and hide from the unwanted attention. Zali lowered his head to see Kiba curling up for extra comfort.

He lifted his head and looked at the pack, "Another wolf pack has been found and slain." A murmur went through his pack, "But this time the pack was able to save at least one of their pack members." Cole looked down and the pack understood when she moved her leg just enough to show more of the pup but not make him uncomfortable, "I don't if more made it but…if the past pack annihilation is anything to go by he is likely the only one who has made it. We need to be vigilant. At any sign of trouble we need to leave. Staying in one place is not okay. That is how the other packs have been found so fast."

"But what about the ones traveling like we do?" One of the pack members asked.

Zali looked over at the dark brown wolf, "Lori…I wish I could tell you but I don't know. Ninety-eight percent of traveling packs never get caught. We will be one of them. I can only guess that they are tracking individual members that get cocky and hunt alone or it could be something else." The pack shifted nervously, "But we will not be one of those statistics. We will live and our young will continue to grow." Zali stood up as the pup hiding with Cole peaked out a little from his curled body, "And if we have to we will take in the wolfs that make it out alive. They will need a new home and we don't have the luxury anymore to hunt alone. It is simply too dangerous for that now days."

"Doesn't that mean more mouths to feed?" Moss sneered with his two friends.

Zali huffed and growled out, "That is a risk we are going to have to take. If we just let our fellow wolfs die then we are no better than those humans killing us. I know it is not customary for wolfs to take in or help outsiders but with the world we live in today we don't have that luxury. Adding a fellow wolf can help lighten a load no matter where they decide to help. Now I am not saying we are going to force them to join us but we should at least give them a chance to join. To have a pack again. A family. But if we know for a fact pups like him have no family left we have to take them in. They don't even have a chance to survive without support. Cole and Kai figured out yesterday that my new son was just weaned off of milk." Lori looked concerned as the looked at the pup looking up at Cole who was lovingly nuzzling him, "His life has barely started and the Nobles have already tried to kill him." Zali sat down his side touching his mates own, "The common human folk don't bother us too much unless they are encouraged by their government. All we have to do is not step on their toes and everything will be fine. But these Nobles will be a problem no matter what. They have an agenda against us and we have to survive it to find out what it is they are after. The lives of wolfs and humans alike count on it. These Nobles will kill even a human child to get to us even if they are just in the way for a split second not intently protecting us. We can not let that happen." The pack leader sighed, "The world needs to be fixed and no one is doing anything about it. Someone has to step up. Who better than us wolfs who are the main victims of the attacks?" The majority of the pack agreed with their howls causing Zali to nod. His eyes caught Kiba standing up behind Cole's leg as he looked around more curiously. His little white ears swiveling as Zali spoke again, "Good. Now we have some rules to lay down before we try to do anything about what is happening to us."

Cole stood up startling Kiba causing yelp and him to dart from his hiding spot behind Cole's leg to Zali's instead, "The first rule is don't ever go anywhere alone. We cannot afford to take any chances. Second if you are being followed never come straight to the pack. Do everything you can to loose them. We don't care how long it takes. Three the pack comes first. Yes we help people but that does not mean you put them ahead of your own pack. Last bring any leads you find to us. We will deal with this as a pack. No hero business or we loose both you and the information."

Even Moss looked like he agreed. Zali spoke up again as Cole sat down, "As of right now we are looking into how to stop this madness. Keep in mind they have found us somehow and we don't know how. So we have to be careful. You are all dismissed." As the wolfs filed away to do what ever they do Zali looked down at the pup sitting behind his leg, "You okay?"

The white wolf looked at him his head tilting to the side as he processed what was spoken to him. Cole giggled, "It was care at first sight for you wasn't it?"

Zali nodded as he shifted to lay down causing the pup to move or be trapped under the bigger wolf, "Yes. It broke my heart to see a pup act the way he did." Kiba just kind of stood their now trying to just see what was around him like the curious pup he was.

"He will be okay Zali. Give him time he will recover. Probably faster than we think he will." Cole also laid down as Kiba tentatively walked forward then looking back at Cole and Zali. Despair could still be seen in his young eyes but Kiba's curiosity seemed to be getting the best of him. "It's okay we will be right here." The white wolf walked forward again and fell down into a pile of snow causing both the older wolfs to laugh lightly as the white pup literally disappeared from eye sight. Cole stood up to check on Kiba when he gave a yip of confusion. "It's okay you just a little small for that pile of snow." She picked him up and put him in front of the hole. The pup pawed at the snow he had fell in earlier as if trying to figure out what had happened to it. Cole sat down and watched the pup wander away from the hole after give an attempted mean puppy bark.

Zali shook his head, "Don't worry your bark will get in there." Kiba looked at him and tilted his head before bounding past the older male wolf to jump on the snow disappearing again. "Like you didn't learn the first time."

"No he did that on purpose this time." Cole said with a fond look, "He is trying to figure the snow out."

They didn't know what Kiba was doing under the snow but couldn't help but be amused as the snow caved in on the puppy. Cole followed the slight growls coming form the snow and started to dig him out as Kai walked forward, "So how is out new pack member?"

Zali gave an amused snort, "Currently trapped under snow."

Kai raised an eyebrow then looked at Cole pulling the pup covered in snow out, "I see. So he is feeling a little better?"

Zali shrugged, "Possibly, but I can't tell completely. Right now he is just being a pup and trying to figure the world out."

"So basically he is trying to figure out why he falls in snow?" The black wolf asked amused as Kiba once again disappeared in snow only this time running into a pile on level ground at full speed.

The pack leader started laughing at his sons' antics, "Yes. That is exactly what he is doing."

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