It's been a few days since Humphrey had that nightmare. Kate walked out of the den and watched the sun rising up from the mountains. She couldn't help but worry about Humphrey. She felt guilty for not taking him to his dad after her parents took him away from him. She knows that it's a huge misunderstanding, but the problem is that...she didn't tell any of this stuff to them. But at the same time, she is scared about their reaction. She already put Humphrey in danger that is far worse than what Kyle did to him. She will never know when they will appear except smelling their scents.

Then Kate widened her eyes when she realized something. Back then, they didn't even notice the dogs joining in the fight, and dealing with the Rogues with ease. They didn't even get the hold of their scent from miles away. Kate slowly stood up as her eyes started to get bigger along with her fear.

She started to believe that this was the Human Alpha's doing. They taught them how to hide their scent. If her belief is right, she didn't even want to know what the leader can do. There are so many questions, and thoughts flooding into her head like it's nothing. She needed to tell Humphrey. She ran down the slope and headed deep into the forest.

Kate ran even faster as her fear started to grow bigger. She thought a human would be enough to send a powerful endless fear to every animal, but an Alpha Human?

Kate was sure to know that nobody ever heard of them.

When she arrived at Humphrey's den, she slowly peaked around the corner and noticed that Humphrey wasn't there with his family sleeping. She looked down at the ground and followed his tracks, which is heading straight towards the same lake where her and Humphrey howled last time.

She wonders what he is doing up so early. Maybe he hasn't slept as much as he used to because of the nightmare he had a few days ago? Whatever it was, it's not normal to see an omega waking up early. She poke her head out of the bushes and saw Humphrey sitting at the shore, moving his head. Kate tilted her head before slowly walking up to him.

She looked over his shoulder and saw him marking something with a stick, but what she didn't realize is that Humphrey is actually drawing her. Kate followed every movement that Humphrey was making with an amazed look in her eyes.

This is strange to see a wolf doing something like this. She thought log sledding was crazy, but this...this one whatever Humphrey's doing is very strange.

"Humphrey, what are you doing" she asked him.

Humphrey jumped at the sound of Kate's voice. Kate jumped back, and Humphrey immediately turned around with a nervous smile.

"Ahh, it's nothing Kate" he said, trying to erase the drawing with his tail. Kate stopped his tail from doing so and began to admire the markings. Kate widened her eyes when she noticed that the markings that Humphrey made was her. She looked at the reflection of herself at the water before turning her gaze back. Kate began to smile widely before looking back at Humphrey. Humphrey looked down at the ground with red blushing cheeks that were noticeable through his fur. Kate stood up and began walking towards him with her hips swaying side to side.

"Uhhh Kate...You see...That's...um" Humphrey stuttered before whispering to himself. "Oh god this is embarrassing." Kate didn't even pay attention to him. She finds it cute to see him drawing something that looks like her. It only made her feel extremely closer to him than she thought. Plus, seeing him embarrassed about something is even cuter to make her heart warmed up.

She couldn't express how much love she has for him.

Humphrey's face reddened every time Kate took each step. He kept shooting at her with his gazes to see her gorgeous amber eyes half closed with a lovely smile plastered on her beautiful face. Humphrey had no idea what to do in this situation.

This made him scared a little bit to see how close Kate is. Kate got up right up to his face, making Humphrey yelped by her fast movement and making him sitting down on his haunches.

Kate moved her head to his left, and then slowly licked his cheek passionately.

Humphrey widened his eyes in pure shock. 'Did Kate...licked my cheek' he wondered. He slowly looked at Kate, and she had slightly noticeable blushing cheeks, which honestly he found her very adorable.

Kate noticed that Humphrey had been staring at her for a long time before forming an evil grin on her face. She slowly moved closer to Humphrey's nose without him noticing her actions.

As soon as she got close to the point where Humphrey could feel her breath, Humphrey blinked his eyes several times to find himself almost kissing Kate. He yelped and then fell onto the ground on his back.

Kate started giggling at this and sighed happily. She wanted to tell him that she loves him so much, but she was afraid to hear his response. She wonders if he felt the same with her. Kate then looked back at the picture that Humphrey just drew and smiled.

"Where did you learn how to do that Humphrey? That is amazing" she said wagging her tail.

"I think you already know the answer Kate" Humphrey replied to her with blushing cheeks before whispering to himself again. "Ohmygod. Ohmygod. I'ma pass out. I couldn't believe she licked me." When he said that, he noticed the sudden change with her mood. Like she went from a happy loving girl to what seems to be a quiet, serious mixed in with worried looking girl. It made him worried.

"Kate" he called out.

"Humphrey. There's something I need to ask" she said sternly.

"U-Um...what is it?"

"Did your friends, you know, the dogs learn how to hide their scents from others?"

"Yeah...I bet Kiana is the one who taught them to do that. Her father is the one who might have taught her that. We tend to copy what our parents are doing and learn ourselves" he explained to her.

"Is...Is her father the alpha or the leader?"

"There's no that kind of rank in human society. That only happens when you're in the military, aka the army except the ranks have different names."

Kate sighed heavily in relief, knowing that they don't have those kinds of ranks on a daily basis. But it still concerned her. A human that has no scent is extremely impossible to know that they are nearby. If there is no scent, then that means...their presence is probably the only one to know that they are here. Humphrey locked his eyes on her. He wanted to tell her everything about the hunters, but it's best not to tell her. It would've paralyzed her with immense fear in her life, and he didn't want that. He didn't want to see her reaction when he told her everything about them.

Humphrey looked down at the ground while thinking deeply. He looked up to her before clearing his throat.

"Hey Kate" he said. Kate looked at him, and they both locked their gaze together. "Do you have time to spend with me later on? I'm planning to go on a walk if you do mind?" Kate's eyes started to glitter with joy when he asked her that. Usually, she is the one who's been asking Humphrey to go out somewhere to spend time together, but now it's Humphrey's turn.

"YES! I don't have anything to do later on" she replied quickly while beaming at him. Humphrey smiled when she said that. He looked behind her and saw her speedy wagging tail that can create a tornado.

It only made him smile even wider to see Kate extremely happy. Humphrey then saw her hips moving side to side like she was twerking, which made him blushed and looked away.

Then, a howl echoed throughout the valley, and Kate recognized that howl. She slowly looked at Humphrey and sighed.

"I guess I'll see you later" she asked, smiling at him.

"Yeah" he replied, smiling back at her. Kate widened her smile to show her beautiful white teeth before she started walking away with her hips swaying side to side. Humphrey couldn't help himself, but stared at Kate's rear end with blushing cheeks. Kate slightly turned her head, and Humphrey immediately looked away without her noticing him. Unfortunately for him, Kate did notice him looking at her. She giggled at him loudly, and continued walking with her hips swaying again. Humphrey kept shooting at her rear end with gazes until she was out of sight. He wanted to smack himself in the face so hard for being a pervert.

Humphrey shook his head, and began walking away. Meanwhile, Kate was happily walking across the feeding grounds. She was humming, and bobbing her head side to side. She walked past Lilly who was enjoying her meal with Garth.

Lilly noticed how happy she is considering her tail is wagging extremely fast and almost hitting her in the face.

"I'll be back" she said before pecking Garth on the lips. Garth smiled and nodded his head. Lilly stood up and began walking towards her.

"Kate" she called her, but she didn't respond to her. She had a huge dazed smile plastered on her face with hearts in her eyes. "KATE" said Lilly loudly. Kate snapped back into reality before looking right behind her to see Lilly trying to hold her laugh in.

"What" Kate asked her back.

"I've never ever seen you in such a good mood before" Lilly then gasped and give her a sly smile. "Is it Humphreyyy?"

Kate blushed a little when she said that. She gave her a dazed smile and nodded her head.

"What did you do?" Kate blushed heavily and slightly looked away from her. Lilly widened her smile and move closer to her. "Whaaat did you doooo?" Kate's ears started to turn slightly red, making Lilly giggled. "Come on Kate. Tellll meee."

"Alright alright. I may or may not have giving him a show while walking on my way back here" she confessed.

"Ohhhhh. Did he look at it" Lilly asked seductively, nudging her shoulder. Kate smiled and nodded her head again. "Hehe, what happened before that?"

"O-Oh...well he kind of asked me to go on a walk with him later on."

Lilly gasped at this and excitedly jumping up and down.

"That means he just asked you on a date" she said, making Kate yelped when she said that.

"N-No he didn't. I mean...I wouldn't mind though...and I might be oblivious soooo...hehe" Kate giggled dreamily. Lilly then started pushing Kate towards their parent's den. "H-Hey what are you doing?!"

"Getting you ready. I want to take the time on making you look so beautiful, so fine. Humphrey is gonna be head over heels when he sees you."

"Yeah right."

"Oh trust me. He will, and he will give you the most delicious and the best kiss of your entire life." Kate yelped aggressively after she said that. Lilly started laughing at her sister's reaction and continue pushing Kate.


Later that day, Humphrey was just getting out of the den without letting his family know where he was going. The main reason is because of his mother. Chrystal will literally gonna put a lot of work on him, trying to make him a chick magnet. The good thing is that they're not here at the den. Charley, Chrystal, and Michael have alpha duties that they need to do, and Heather was out playing with her friends.

He was on his way walking towards Pack leader's den, but he didn't notice that Kate was on her way to his den as well.

She was looking on the ground with a smile on her face, and thinking of what Humphrey will say to her. She had three hot pink flowers cluster in one spot behind her ear with her mane perfectly combed along with her fur and tail. She wanted to see where he would take her. Then, she gasped after realizing something else.

She is going to be alone with Humphrey, which means that this is the time where she will confess her feelings.

"Okay okay. Calm down Kate...calm down. You got this girl" she said to herself. "Let's see...Uhhh hi Humphrey. I just want to tell you that...I-I love you so much." Kate then blushed by her confession before starting shaking her head. "No no. That's not good enough."

She didn't even notice that she is not even heading towards the right direction. Instead, she kept walking back and forth in a straight line.

"Hmmm let's see. H-Hey Humphrey...there's something I want to tell you-"

"Tell me about what?" Kate yelped and she turned around to see Humphrey walking towards her. She then realized that this was karma for scaring Humphrey earlier today.

"Ah n-nothing Humphrey hehe...n-nothing r-r-really" she stuttered with blushing cheeks. "W-Wait, how long have you been there?"

"I just got here" he replied, and Kate sighed in relief. "Are you ready to go?" Kate smiled and nodded her head with her tail wagging happily. Humphrey smiled back and began leading Kate into the forest. Kate sped up her pace and began walking side to side with Humphrey. She looked at him without turning her head and smiled before scanning his features. His beautiful sky blue eyes gave her lovely chills up her spine every time she stared at his eyes. Then, she looked down at his body. His body wasn't exactly built like an alpha, but it was enough to satisfy her. She wanted to look at his sheath, but she'll get another karma if she does so. She'll pass out if he noticed her staring at his private area, and probably gonna hate her.

"Kate...Kate! Are you there" Humphrey called out to her.

"Hmm. Oh sorry. I was just zoning out" she replied to him.

"Oh don't worry. I do that some of the time." Humphrey then looked up at the sky and the moon. He smiled as he began to remember the time where he first howled with Kate. "Do you remember the time where me and you howl at the moon?"

Kate instantly smiled at that memory. She still remembers his beautiful howl in her heart, and always...always listened to it in her head whenever she was out patrolling the borders. Humphrey chuckled after getting a glimpse of her face.

"Humphrey. I swear to god that I will say this many times as I want to. Your howl is so beautiful, and I listened to it everyday in my head. Ahhhhh" Kate lightly screamed happily. Humphrey laughed at her, but also felt really happy after hearing that compliment.

While they were walking, they were completely silent. Kate kept glancing at him, and shuffling her paws while walking. She began thinking about how she is going to confess her feelings. But this put a lot of pressure on her. She doesn't even know where to start, and she doesn't want to make it too cheesy or corny. Kate wanted to whine so bad right now. She should've realized that she was going to be alone with Humphrey earlier on, and asked Lilly about how to confess her feelings.

They kept on walking and walking deep into the forest, until there was a strange noise traveling in the forest.

Kate perked her ears up in the air and began scanning the area around them. They had no idea where the strange noise was coming from, but for some reason...it sounded so beautiful. Humphrey then widened his eyes when he realized what that strange sound was.

His tail started wagging as he closely listened to the melody before realizing that this was no ordinary sound.

"Humphrey, what is that strange noise" she asked, but she didn't get any response from him. "Humphrey" she said, looking to her right, and saw Humphrey walking to a random direction that leads somewhere else. "Humphrey? Hey?! Where are you going?" Kate ran after him, but Humphrey continued to walk even faster. "Humphrey?!"

Kate kept calling out his name several times, and it's starting to scare her. "Humphrey? Please say something. You're starting to scare me a little bit."

Humphrey stopped walking when she said that. He felt bad for not letting her know what is going on right now.

"Sorry about that Kate" he said, turning around to face her. Kate slowly walked up to him, and brushed her body against his side.

"It's okay Humphrey. I'm just scared by that sound. What is that anyway" she asked him. Humphrey smiled when she asked that.

"Come on. Let's follow the music" he said walking away.

"Wait music? There's no way a bird that can make that sound...so beautiful" she replied. Kate started to admire the music as soon as she got closer to it. It sounds extremely beautiful. She hates to admit it, but it sounds even more angelic than Humphrey's howl.

"Kate, come on. I don't want to miss it" Humphrey shouted. Kate shook her head and followed Humphrey down the path. The music started to get louder and louder with each step they took. It sounded like it's way different from birds or maybe any animal's sound that they make. Kate wasn't even sure what was making that sound. The music was getting into her head because it was too good.

He had a huge smile on his face with a tail wagging along with the beat. Kate was starting to worry a little bit about him. She didn't know why his tail was doing that, but it kind of makes sense to her.

Humphrey was not the only one who was doing that. Kate didn't even notice that her tail was wagging with the beat.

The music continues getting louder as they closed in the distance, and Humphrey poke his head out of the bushes. He looked around and then realized where it was coming from.

It was coming from the open field with a small stage setup, and a person on the stage with the violin. Then, Humphrey widened his eyes as soon as the music went soft to a peaceful tone. Kate poked her head out of the bushes as well before gasping at what she just saw. She didn't expect that it was humans who were making all that sound. In fact, it was also attracting other animals. Birds, squirrels, deer, lynxes, foxes, and coyotes. All of them don't even care if they are predators or prey. The music was so calm that it took away their instinct.

Kate was amazed by this. Not only how the animals gathered around, but the fact that this music made her so calm. Every muscle in her body is relaxed, and all the weight on her shoulders are gone.

She felt like she was in paradise. A world that has no problem. A world that is only for peace. A dream that anyone would want to live in. Kate then closed her eyes and smiled. She began moving her head side to side, following the beat.

Humphrey looked to his left and smiled. Humphrey didn't plan this out. It just happened, and Humphrey felt glad that it did. It brings Kate to a calm state, and it felt like he actually helped her stress out.

They continued to listen to the beautiful music until it stopped playing. Many animals left in a hurry, leaving Kate and Humphrey alone. Kate sighed happily as she slowly sat down onto the ground before laying her head on Humphrey's shoulder.

She stayed there for a few good minutes without noticing what she was doing. She slowly opened her eyes to see Humphrey's beautiful white fur on his chest.

Kate then widened her eyes to the point where her eyes are the size of a dinner plate. She jerked her body away from him while breathing heavily.

"Uhhhh Kate, are you okay" he asked her with his head tilted to the side. Kate blushed heavily and slightly nodded her head in response. 'What did I do?! What did I do' she screamed in her mind. Kate felt Humphrey's hot gaze.

She slowly turned her head towards him before locking eyes. They both stay silent and unaware of their actions. They were moving their face closer, and closer. Their lips were inches apart from each other. Kate slowly move her eyelids half way and shivered when she felt his warm breath on her lips.

As soon as they were about to acknowledge their love, there was a loud piercing distress howl into the night sky.

CLIFFHANGER IS SO MUCH FUN! Whoa, sorry for bringing up my demonic voice lol. Something is going to happen in the next 3 chapters. I smell their fear...it smells good. Also, sorry for not updating stories once a week. I just move into a new house, and I have tons of work to do with the house lol. A lot of furniture building, and fixing the "garage." What did you guys think? What will happen next? I'm TheRavenMocker. Be a raven, mock the ravens. We'll see you guys on the next flight.