Family is Key: Chapter 8
'Kodi, are you alright.' Dusty walks into the vets and looks at her mate. He grins and sits up so he can see her. 'Dust I'm fine. Don't worry about me.' Shadow walks in and sees his friend sitting on the table. 'Are you going to tell them where you were?' 'Sure. I went running in the woods, like I do. But then the blizzard kicked up, and I turned around. Only, I was already facing home when I turned around. That is when I started running and found myself in White Mountain. From there it was a simple backtrack back home. I was only tired and hungry, so I'm fine.' Shadow looks at him, and he smiles back. 'So, let's go see the pups.' He gets up, but gets pushed down by Dusty and Shadow, while Saidi and Tirza look at him. 'Just rest for now. Aleu and I will look after the pups.' He looks at his mate with anger. 'Look Dusty, don't try to take my pups away from me. They are mine to. And I want to see the pups now.' Dusty takes a step back, as Saidi walks up to her father and hugs him. 'Look Dad, I know you want to see us. But we are preparing something for your birthday, and we don't want you to see yet.' Kodi looks at Saidi, and then at the rest in the room. 'Fine. I'll stay here. Just send them by if I'm not allowed to see them there.' Saying that, he turns himself around and lays down, back facing the others.
'I have no idea what is going with him. He's acting so, different. I don't know why but he feels so far away.' Dusty looks through the tears in her eyes. 'I don't want him to hate me for not letting him see the pups.' Aleu walks over and hugs her. 'Don't worry. He'll come around. He loves you. He really does. Just don't worry too much.' Dusty smiles sadly, turns around and lays down, quickly falling asleep. Aleu walks out of the room and walks over to Saba. 'I have no idea what's up with Kodi, but he has upset Dusty a lot.' Saba looks at her sister. 'I heard about an infection spreading. Maybe he's been infected?' 'Maybe.' Saying that, Saba and Aleu walk back home. Dusty turns around in her sleep. As it hits midnight in Nome, everyone is asleep. Or so it seems. As anyone looking through the windows of the vets, can see that Kodi is anything but asleep.
To be Continued:
Yes, that's right. Big bad me has decided that this is the end of the story. I have thought long and hard about this and this seems like the best way to end it. Hope you all enjoyed the story and stay tuned for the next story in the series, as well as any other stories I'm working on. Stay safe, stay positive, and stay alert.
Ghost Out.