"Uuh…"

"Oh, thank Thor! They're waking up!"

Jokvethar opened his eyes to see his pack gathered around him and Gryphe. He took a minute to remember what had happened. He had no father anymore, at least not in the pack, and his real father was a prey-stealer, as well as the fiercest bird on the planet. And Gryphe, who was his 'brother-from-another-mother', was now his real brother. He couldn't describe his feelings. All he could say was "But how?"

"I'll tell you," said K'Linjiza. "It was after Lunaxa-Gio's first hunt as alpha, and I was the last one still eating…"

The bushes next to her snapped and rustled as something heavy crashed into them. K'Linjiza sniffed at them, and an injured eagle flopped out. "My name is Kaw," was all that the eagle managed to say. "I'm K'Linjiza…" the startled wolf said. She could tell that Kaw was starving, and his wing was hurt.

She tore off a strip of meat from the carcass and put it next to the eagle. He thanked her and snapped it up hungrily. K'Linjiza looked at the bird, and her heart throbbed. She felt sorry for Kaw, for she thought that in health, he was a majestic sight to behold…

"…We fell in love, but he had to go when he healed. He promised to visit me again, but he never did. I shouldn't have broken the laws of nature, and I learned why soon enough…"

Euwresno hadn't seen K'Linjiza much lately. When she was around, she was acting really moody. As Euwresno walked around a pile of stones, she saw K'Linjiza, staring at a pair of ptarmigans. "Hey? Are you okay?" she asked.

"No…" K'Linjiza said, turning to face her pup-hood friend. "Is it rabies? If so, stay away from me!" laughed Euwresno, wiggling her tail high over her head in a play-bow. "Snowy…" groaned K'Linjiza. "Really, what is it?" asked Euwresno. "I'm… I'm… I'm having a pup," said K'Linjiza.

"WHA…?" Euwresno was horrified. "Who's the father? Is it that loner R'Katzihari?"

"No, it's Kaw's!" cried K'Linjiza. "Isn't he that eagle you took care of? The one who's gone?"

"Yeah…"

"…And that's what happened," concluded K'Linjiza. "Oh…" said Gryphe.

Jokvethar straightened up and looked serious. "I'm going to find Kaw, and give him a piece of my mind for abandoning you like that!"

"Me too!" chimed the other teenage wolves. And so the adventure begins…