Continuing where we left off…

Humphrey's POV:

Tears begin to form in my little girl's eyes, melting me mentally, "Alright guys, your dismissed, get ready for tomorrow" I say as I walk away from my podium, forcing everyone back into the den, I really wouldn't want to lie to my Kiara, but. That may be the only option to keep her happy, admitting it to her about everything, there's no way in hell she could take that, in fact. No one could take that, she needs me, I need her to be strong, to keep me strong, I'm worthless without her cuddling up beside me, she doesn't deserve this. Kate is hugging her, holding back her own tears.

"Daddy, please tell me that you're not going to war?" she says as she looks into my eyes, desperate for hope, is all that they say to me. I can't really do anything, I guess I have to lie.

"Nope, Daddy is not going to war, Daddy is just going on a little trip, okay princess?"

"Oh okay!" her eyes light up with joy, making me feel even more guilty and disgusted about what I'm doing right now.

"When will you be back?" probably never…

"Oh, am, just for a while, you make sure to be a good girl for me okay Kiara?"

I look over to see Paddy with his wing around April, and Marcel, all sitting there, looking down in sorrow.

"Hey guys, promise to take care of her for me alright? I'm counting on you…" They nod their head. Kiara goes up to them and puts on a smile not even the dirtiest rouge could not find delightful.

"Humphrey, can we talk outside?" Kate says to me, as she exits the cave, I wonder what she wants to say, I follow, "Alright guys, I'll be back in a sec."

I see Kate sitting on the top of a cliff looking straight at the starlight sky, I run up to the top, I sit myself down beside her, the milky coloured moon is out, I glance over to try and read Kate's face as I am still curious of what this was all about, my eyes widen, I do think about it a lot, but it always puts me off guard on how beautiful Kate is. It's like seeing her for the first time all over again, when were first pups, at the water fall. I still crave that moment till this day… Damn, that was over 7 years ago.

She told me her whole story at least a hundred times, it goes like this.

Well,

7.5 years ago.

Kate's POV:

Well, first day of alpha school is over, I learned how to leap and cling onto prey, which was in this case, a spruce tree. I got at least a zillion splinters, I took hours to get them all out, I can still taste the bark of the wood in my mouth when my daddy told me to chomp down on it. Disgusting, and while this was all happening, stupid omegas keep coming down on their log sledge thingys, it's so frustrating, they literally do nothing while we alphas, work all day training to one day feed the mouths of these runts, another log sledge goes by with Salty Mooch and Shaky in it, sliding across the muddy terrain, flinging all the dirt onto my face. Ruining my hair, I shriek at the sight of my beautiful locks looking like poop, I scream down "DAMN YOU STUPID PATHETIC OMEGAS!" I growl at them, to only hear loud distant cackles from the three pups.

"Hey Kate, want to get some of the boys and play truth or dare? Candy is coming too!" Sweets asks.

"No, I'm good, not in the mood for boys." I say as I point to the log sledges and then my hair.

"Oh, my goodness girl! You need to clean that off! Your no alpha looking like that darling!" mom says as she suddenly bursts out from the vegetation, making me and Sweets jump, she's so scary.

I groan to her "Okay MOM, I'll do it later…"

"NOW!" she shouts so loud it echoes through the valley, it's like her super power, which she does not use for good.

"okay mom calm down. I will clean my hair now."

"Thank you honey! Why I didn't see you their Sweets!" mom says as she just spots Sweets trying to leave, I mouth to her "good luck"

I make my way through the forest, searching for this water fall, I'm pretty sure that it is somewhere around here, but then again, info from omegas are certainly not the most reliable source. I continue for another twenty minutes, and I'm beginning to feel that I am lost, the mud has settled into my hair, and all these flies and dragon flies are becoming one with me, while the stupid mosquitoes bite me. I saw mom kill a mosquito before with her paws, I tried to recreate her infamous move, but it was so challenging I gave up in thirty seconds, I call out to Hutch and Can Do, to no response, I'm beginning to get anxious, I've been walking for thirty minutes to see nothing but endless trees.

"Well, this is fun." I say to myself, as I continue to stroll through the hall of trees, until a catch a flicker of light at the corner of my left eye, the amount of relief that came onto me as I dashed towards it.

"Anything but trees, anything but trees!" I say to myself.

I surface from the trees to see the most beautiful bit of the forest I've ever seen. It's almost like it's enchanted, it's literally the only thing in this damn forest that hasn't been beaten by the ugly stick, oh my good god the sparkles from the water, the birds chirping, and the sun's gleaming light make this place paradise for all living things. I head over to the fall to see my reflection.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I scream as I immediately put my head straight into the water, moving it aggressively side to side, trying to get every last bit of mud off me.

I surface my head, to come face to face with another pup.

He giggles "Nice hair you got there!" as he points to my head, obviously the water didn't help. I stumble backwards at the pure surprise.

"What? Do you think I was going to bite you or something?" he says as he gets closer to me.

I roar at him, "Get away from me you fifthly coyote!"

He giggles again, "You're the fifthly one here, and don't call me a coyote mud head!" he fires back.

"Hey! Don't you have manners?! I'm a girl! You have to show respect to me!"

"Manners? What's that?" is this pup serious? He's never heard of manners before?

"Manners are when you speak in a respectful tone, it can be used to make a good impression or-" he cuts me off. I guess that means he's not lying.

"You don't have great manners yourself if that's your definition."

"How come?!" I snarl at him. This guy is really annoying me.

"You just shouted at me, that isn't respectful, and you haven't made a good impression, nah just kidding your funny, I'm Humphrey, what's your name?"

He's right, I calm myself down before speaking again.

"Kate." I say to him in a normal tone.

"Cool, sooo why are you out here exactly?" he says to me, tilting his head in confusion.

"Oh, well some wolves put mud in my hair, I tried to find water to clean it off. Got lost, and here we are."

"You have to lick that off, that amount of mud ain't coming off with water, it'll just get damp and it will make your head a swamp, hey stay still I got it."

"No, it's-" I speak too late as he begins to lick around my face, making me blush a little, but he was right, the mud was coming off.

"Thank you, Humphrey, you sure you're okay with your tongue getting all dirty?" I say to him as he just finishes up the last bit of mud.

"It's fine, I already have a solution planned Kate!" he says as he licks his paw, getting all the dirt onto it, to then smudge it in my face as he laughs his head off.

"Hey! Oh man your getting it now!" I lick around my own face, then licking my paw, just like he did, he's still laughing and splashing in the water. I go in for it, I squish his face with my paw, making sure as much mud gets onto him as possible.

"Hey! Not cool! I'm not going easy anymore!" I laugh as I run laps around him.

"You have to catch me this time around!" I say to him

"Your on!" he shouts at me, as we both laugh our heads off, it was a like a way more enjoyable game of tag, where you actually WANT to get caught. But we played along because it made it more fun, for the catcher and the runner.

He's chasing me now, I slapped him with my paw earlier, it was really weirdly satisfying, using my much more developed speed and ability I am able to exceed his speed every time, and I can tell it's frustrating him, his demeanour sort of reminded me of the omegas back home, but Humphrey's different, I don't know why, besides not being an asshole, I just click with him, even though he doesn't sound like a typical omega, you can tell he is definitely one at heart, a true omega should me, peaceful, playful. All the other aspects that I wouldn't know about since I'm an alpha, but you know what I mean. Humphrey is the perfect wolf, for me…

Jesus what am I saying?! Number one law of the pack, no alphas and omega boyfriends and girlfriends, dad also said something about mates, which I think means friends, which would be a weird way of saying boyfriend and girlfriend, so those that make me and Candy girlfriends? I don't even know if that's allowed. He stops to catch his breath, exhausted, heavy breathing, I feel like I've accomplished a mission.

"Ha! Look at that! Thus, did the pupil surpass the teacher…" I say in an insightful voice, kind of sounding like grandpa, all wise and savvy.

"Oh, shut up, jeez I've never encountered a wolf this fast before, you must practice a lot." He says to me through each breath he takes.

"Jeez, your alphas must suck"

"Alphas?" he asks.

"Yeah, alphas, you know. The ones who get the food, protect the pack, there is no way I'm faster than all of your alphas! I'm just a pup." I say

"Everyone in my pack gets the food, I've never heard of an alpha ether." He tells me.

"Does your pack have any laws?" I ask.

"No, my dad tells me that the only law is that there are no limits to what you can do, and if anyone tells you that, it means that they had reached their limit."

"Humphrey, do you know what an omega is?" I ask, ignoring everything he said.

"Oh yeah, I'm one, and so is everyone else in the pack, all that we really do is go log sledging, and hunt of course, but I'm not old enough yet."

"Can I come see what your pack is like?"

"Sure!"

"Humphrey! It's time for your bathhh!" shouts an unfamiliar voice of a she-wolf.

"I'm already there!" he shouts back.

I can hear the faint sound of a bark colliding with the ground, creating an explosive like sound.

"Humphrey, what's that sound?!" I say as I quickly get behind him.

"Relax Katie, it's just mom."

"One, don't ever call me "Katie" again, two. Is your mom an elephant by any chance?" I ask him, as the faint sound becomes closer and closer.

"Hey! Manners!" he says to me.

"AH!" I scream to see a large log leaping over us, landing on the water below barely hitting Humphrey,

"Humphrey you okay?!" I shout out, only to hear his laugh as he approaches the pond.

"Afternoon mom!" he says to the she-wolf who has just landed, getting out of her space shuttle you could say.

"Afternoon darling, ready for a nice bath?" she says as she kisses his forehead.

"Yeah mom! And also, I met a pup out here! Her name is-"

"KATE!" Screams a familiar voice, my mother. The silhouette of a giant alpha jumps over me, Hutch, they found me. Cando and dad appear, followed by a few other alphas, as they surround the pond snarling at Humphrey and his mom.

"IF YOU EVER! COME NEAR MY DAUGHTER AGAIN, OLIVA, THEN I WILL PERSONALLY RIP OUT YOUR LITTLE EYES, AND SHOVE THEM DOWN YOUR THROAT!" Mom says as she grabs me aggressively by the scruff.

"Get the hell out of our territory Eve!" Oliva barks at mom.

"Humphrey stay close…" I hear her whisper to see Humphrey tuck a little bit closer in to his mother, this is the first time I've ever seen him scared.

"Guys please! There my friends!"

Sorry for being super late, I've recently have been going through a tough time with family, and other issues. But I wanted to get this chapter up, writing really makes me happy, and I don't care if It sucks XD, Again, the support on the story has been spectacular as of late! 2600 views! 9 follows? Insane! I honestly never knew this would happen, thanks again for everything, you guys really help me through these tough times that I've been going through at the minute, hopefully, that I can start updating weekly again :)