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Hey everyone! I've been meaning to update this for a very long time so I'm doing it now… Yes! Winter Break is awesome that way! Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy this installment and the chapters that shall follow.

Kiba and Marl walked side by side with Hige trailing behind all the way to the warehouse that Tsume and Toboe were waiting for them to return. On the way, they talked with each other.

"So Marl… how come you were all scarred up?" Hige asked.

Marl stared ahead with a concentrated glare when she spoke, "I was caught by this hunter and his black dog."

"Blue…" Hige said quietly from behind. Kiba was the only one of the other two wolves who heard him and he looked at him sympathetically.

"I was looking for the mythical place…" Marl continued. Kiba and Hige both stopped dead in their tracks and looked at each other. "Paradise…" all three said in unison. Marl stopped and turned around and looked the two others in shock. "You're looking for it too?" she asked somewhat excitedly. Both the males nodded. She smiled and said, "Then we must look for it together."

"We have two others in our group." Hige said catching up to her as they started walking again.

"What are their names?" she asked.

"Toboe and Tsume." Kiba said making Marl stop immediately.

"Did you say Tsume?" She asked angrily.

"Yes. Why are you so tense? Do you know him?" Kiba asked in concern.

Marl growled wolf-like though she was in her human form. "That bastard…"

"Tell us what happened, Marl. We have time." Hige said waving his hand around as if to show the surrounding they were in.

She was silent for a moment then she spoke, "I was in his pack once, with all those human cronies. We were the only wolves and we were I control of the pathetic humans. We were lovers once. We loved each other so much we even ended up having a cub… by accident. Because of little Kasha, he abandoned me… no… he practically killed me. He killed our daughter Kasha leaving me heart broken and lost. From that point on I never trusted anyone other than myself."

"Don't you trust us?" Kiba asked.

"Why would I be talking to you if I didn't trust you?" Marl replied. "My past is of my privacy. Why would I tell someone the most tragic thing that has ever happened to me if I didn't trust them?"

Kiba came back beside her and hugged her. "I'm sorry about your daughter." Marl's eyes filled with tears, but she closed her eyes to keep them from falling.

"I never knew that about Tsume… he always seemed like an ordinary gang leader and a brute… not some guy who would breed and kill his own cub." Hige said.

Kiba turned around and said, "I didn't know that about him either. He seems changed now…"

Marl pulled away from Kiba. "You don't know him then!" Marl screamed, the tears pouring from her eyes.

Kiba pulled her back into him. "Please, stay calm…"

"I won't come with you if he is going to be apart of this journey! I can't stand the thought of him!" she cried, "Please! I don't want him to kill me again."

"He won't kill you." Kiba said. Marl looked up at him. "We'll make sure he doesn't touch you." He continued. Marl smiled as her tears still fell and she nuzzled her face into his chest.

"Thank you… I will trust you…" she said quietly.

To Be Continued….

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