After the wolf's wounds had been cleaned, Tala lay back on the bed with a heavy sigh. All this wolf business had worn him out, and trekking through the snow didn't help either. He could still hear Ian whinging about the cub, but no one was shutting him up, which was odd. He looked out the window, and saw Bryan walking into the forest, obviously trying to escape Ian's whinging. That must mean that Spencer was having to endure-

Thump!

Ok, Ian's out. I knew Spencer was going to snap soon. Ack, Ian's gonna be in a real bad mood when he wakes up and forever more. Damn. Oh well, sleep now…

The Cub's POV

I rolled my eyes. I couldn't read his thoughts, of course, but his facial features gave them away; Smirking meant he was thinking about something funny, then finding out the funny thing would be hell, because he frowned and then relaxing, meaning he was sleeping. Boys. Can't live with them, but can't live without them.

I sat, smelling like fruit because of the cream, and annoyed by my newfound master and pack leader. I whined quietly and jumped off the bed with ease and padded over to gravel brains (1), whom obviously was second in charge. I jumped up onto his bed again and sat, staring at him with innocent eyes. He opened his blood red ones. Blood red? I've seen many humans in my life, and none had red eyes; normally blue or green or grey, but red? Nah.

Anyway, he looked at me, a slight frown creasing his brow, eyes daring me to come forward; which I did. Compared to him, I realised I was small. Height wise, I would probably only reach his…mid-shin? Is that what they call the second bone downwards in a human leg? Anyway, yeah, mid-shin and length…I'd say measure from his paw (1) to his elbow and there's my length, and he's pretty tall. But same height as the pack leader.

I sat by his stomach again, staring into his eyes that bore no emotions. Weird. He took his paw from behind his head and reached towards me. I sniffed it first, before letting him stroke my nose. I guess that's my weak spot. I love my nose being stroked. Mother and father used to do it, but I know they'll never do it again, because of the humans with bangs (2).

He moved his paw from my nose and over to my ear, rubbing the tip beneath his pads (3) and then looked at my other one; the floppy one. His eyes finally showed an emotion in their depths and showed to be slight confusion. He took the end of the floppy ear and pulled it up lightly, then letting it flop down. He shrugged and brought his other paw to me, and picked me up under my front legs. He brought me over to his chest and placed me down, stroking me with a pad down my spine, which kinda stuck out slightly, because I hadn't eaten well lately.

Feeling the vibrations rattle through my rib cage, I lay down on my stomach, enjoying the attention. It felt nice to be in a pack again. Sure, I only knew two of them (Not very well, either.) but I knew there were three more with them. My mother and I had been the only ones left in my pack today. Now it was only me. And it was all because of the men with bangs.

I hadn't realised I let out a growl until gravel brains stopped stroking me. I opened my eyes and looked at him. I nuzzled the under side of his chin and heard him chuckle lightly. I looked up and saw him smirking. What? Don't you smile? Obviously not when someone else is in the room.

I rest my head down on his chest and close my eyes, ready for sleep, while he strokes my back. I sigh quietly, enjoying it, but wondering why he was showing affection to me, when he barely talks to the pack leader. Oh well, I suppose he might just might be a total gravel brained, gravel haired idiot, then…

(1) The cub calls Kai 'Gravel Brains' because of his grey hair and because she thinks that Kai is slightly stupid.

(2)- when the cub is talking about a human's 'paw', it means their hand.

(3)- It means, humans with guns, really.

(4)- When the cub is talking about a human's 'pads', it means their fingers or fingertips.

Hope u liked that, and sorry that I didn't update earlier. I'm still working on 'The Draconian Guardians' and had Physiotherapy today. If anyone has a spare knee that they are wishing to give away, please leave a review:)

Answers 2 reviews:

To aries1931: Thanx. I love ur fics too. Especially 'Shut up' and 'Alone to die'. Plz update them ASAP!

To Angel: I'm glad u love it. And I hope u liked the update!