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Thor entered the cave with Ranger following behind him, and behind Ranger—Sparkfur's heart flipped—was Secret.

Secret seemed different than he remembered. She had seemed so impossibly strong before, but now she seemed wary, almost scared. She followed Ranger closely, looking around like she was terrified she would be attacked.

Sparkfur bounded over to Thor and Ranger, catching the end of their conversation.

"Hunter's getting more prominent," Ranger was saying. "Many of the pack are under his influence. They're getting unruly. It won't be long before they decide to attack."

"Can't you stop it?" Thor asked.

"There's too many." Ranger shook his head. "Besides, I'm too old now. I'll have to wait until I expire. It's been a long time since I was in my prime."

"You're still strong," Secret said quietly. Even her voice was frail.

"Not strong enough," Ranger replied. "If I have to fight then I will, but I can't change the minds of so many dogs. Sparkfur," he said. "It's nice to see you. Victor talks about you a lot. He misses you."

"I miss him too," Sparkfur replied.

"I was told you needed to talk to me," Ranger said.

"Yeah. I wanted to talk to you about my training with Freya."

"I'm not erasing your limits," Ranger said sharply.

"I don't want you to," Sparkfur mewed quickly. "But I was thinking about your powers, and I thought that you might be able to see if I will be able to erase them. Completely."

"Genius," Thor breathed. "Then we'll know if we're wasting your time."

Ranger nodded. "I'll look."

Sparkfur steadied himself, waiting until he felt Rangers mind envelope his own. He could feel the German Shepard brushing through his thoughts.

"He can," Ranger said, pulling his mind from Sparkfur's. "He has the ability and the dedication. It'll take him two more sessions, I think."

"Then he should be doing it," Freya said. Sparkfur and Thor jumped, they hadn't heard her approach. Neither Ranger nor Secret looked startled. "There's more for him to learn after he does fix his mind."

"Why can't Ranger and I fix it?" Secret asked. "I don't have Ranger's experience or power, but I can access it. I can feel it."

"It's too dangerous," Thor replied.

"We don't have time to wait!" Secret snapped. "Something's going to happen. Sparkfur needs to learn now."

"What's going to happen?" Ranger asked sharply.

"I don't know!" Secret cried. "I saw it in her mind, when she attacked. She knew what was going to happen. I couldn't get the whole thing because she hid it, but Sparkfur doesn't have time!"

"What did you see?" Ranger asked again, calmly. "What could you feel?"

Secret gulped, shuddering, looking like a terrified kit. "I don't know. There was something. I hated it. It felt more powerful than me. Than you. But there was something else, too. A she-cat. Sparkfur needed to kill her or else he would be angry. And there was a kit too. It wasn't evil, but it was wrong. It couldn't exist. It shouldn't have."

"That's all?" Ranger asked.

Secret nodded. "I've been feeling her ever since she came. Ranger, it's awful. I feel like she's still in my mind!"

Ranger lay down on the floor of the cave, staring into Secret's eyes. It might have been Sparkfur's imagination, but he thought he could feel Ranger's mind entering Secret's.

"She's gone," Secret whispered. "I can't feel her anymore."

"I know," Ranger replied.

"She's gone!" Secret cried, purring. "Thank you, Ranger!"

Ranger laughed. "Run along, now."

Secret, her eyes wide and looking like the Secret Sparkfur remembered, rushed from the cave.

"You took Jassa from her mind," Thor said.

"Into my own," Ranger said with a shrug. "It doesn't matter. About what Secret said, I think she's right."

"She'll be okay, won't she?" Sparkfur asked. "Whatever happened to her, it won't hurt her again, will it?"

"No," Ranger said. "I put up borders in her mind, but that isn't the issue here. Sparkfur needs to be trained, and quickly."

"So you need to erase his limits," Freya said.

"I know what I'm doing more than Jassa," Ranger said. "I haven't lived above mortals. I try not to interfere with their minds, but I know them. I won't hurt Sparkfur."

"Alright," Thor said, resigned. "If there isn't another choice."

"And if Sparkfur agrees to it," Freya added.

Sparkfur nodded. "Okay."

He waited, and Ranger's mind enveloped his.

I know what I said in my last chapter about how I was going to keep writing this, and I'm going to try to. However, this is the last chapter I have completed on my computer, so I don't know how long it will be until I update again. I was planning on finishing this story this summer, but since I have less than a month left of summer left, I kind of doubt that I will. When ever I get emails saying I have one of my stories favorited, alerted, or reviewed, or when I know that people are actually reading this story, I'll remember to update, otherwise I'll sort of forget about it, and then when I remember I'll feel bad for the people who actually do read it.

I just read over what I wrote in this author note, and I'm not quite sure what I'm trying to say, except I'm really going to try to keep writing this, and (hopefully) finish it sometime in the near future.

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