Chapter 8

It was morning and Kate woke, stretched out her arms and sat up. She saw Lilly in the corner with the blue wolf, she was gently stroking the fur on his face.

"Hey, it's morning, how you feeling?" She asked the wolf.

"Better, but I still can't feel my hind legs."

"It's okay, is there anything you need?" Lilly asked.

"Water, and something- Ahhh!" The wolf curled up and whimpered from his pain. "Something to eat."

"Right on it." Lilly said softly. "Don't move."

"I don't think I can" The blue wolf replied. Lilly walked over to Kate.

"Can you help me get the berries Kate?" Lilly asked.

"Sure." Kate replied. Kate got the berries from a bush right outside and Lilly got a leaf that had collected the rain water. They both walked back to the cave and into the corner. Lilly held the wolfs head up and poured the water from the leaf into his mouth. Then Kate put down her paw with the berries in it near his mouth and he ate them. The wolf looked up and licked Kate's cheek.

"Thank you." He said, then laid his head back down and closed his eyes. Lilly woke up Garth an Humphrey.

"We need to get moving and get this wolf some help." Lilly said. "We should head back to Jasper." Lilly picked up the wolf and put him on her back and they started heading back the way they came, they neared the den where they found the wolf. Kate put her arm out in front of everyone.

"I smell someone who wasn't here before." They crouched in the bushes as a female wolf exited the den, she had jet black fur and crystal green eyes.

"Max!Max!" She yelled but stopped. She sniffed the air and was aware of their presence.

"Who's there?" she called "Reveal yourself!" Kate, Humphrey, Garth, and Lilly exited the bushes. The wolf stepped back.

"Who are you and why are you here!" She exclaimed.

"We are trying to get back home, our pack is in Canada." Kate said.

"Canada, what are you doing down here? Did you hurt these people?" she said looking back at the den.

"No! we would never." said Lilly. "Did you know them?"

"My boyfriend Max lived there, his parents are dead.. I-I can't find him anywhere." The wolf broke down crying.

"Does he have blue fur?" Kate asked.

"How did you know, did you see him, is he okay?" The wolf replied.

"I've got some bad news for you." Said Lilly as she stepped forward.

"Don't come any closer." She said. Lilly lowered herself and set the blue wolf gently on the ground.

"No, no, max… Is he.."

"Dead, No. He's still alive but gravely injured, we were taking him back to our pack to get him some help.

The wolf rushed over to Max. "Max, max, please tell me your okay." Max looked up and opened his eyes.

"Jade?" max said weakly.

"Yeah it's me, thank god your still alive, hang in there." Jade looked at the pack. " I know something that can help Max." She took Max over her back. "Follow me." She walked back into the den and opened up a cabinet and took out some old looking jars.

"Hopefully this works." she said. She lifted up the leaf and looked and his wounds. Jade took handful of the herbs from the jar and sprinkled it over his wounds. She laid the leaf back over them and put her hands on the leaf. Max whimpered.

"This will only take a second." She said to Max reassuringly. She closed her eyes and when she opened them they started glowing. Max started whimpering and yelping. She closed her eyes again and took her paws off the leaf. There were clear burn marks where her paws were on the leaf. When she took off the leaf and his wounds were completely healed. She opened her eyes and they were normal. She put her arms around max and hugged him hard. Max hugged her back and they shared a quick kiss.

"I don't ever want to feel like I'm going to lose you again." Jade cried as she hugged him.

A/N Who is Jade and how did she heal Max, keep reading to find out. R&R. Peace.