Sorry it took me so long my friends. I was at lost on what to write.

Chapter 5

Humphrey's point of view

I expected screams, I waited for screams, and I got screams. What I wasn't prepared for is the mother's reaction. Kate's dad quickly pulled Kate behind him and Kate's mom launched herself at me. Seeing her muscles twitching I knew she expected me to duck, so I did what she least expected. I jumped. I got a good glimpse of surprise on her face as her attack sailed harmlessly under me. Landing and going straight into a roll, I went under Kate's dad's legs and finished next to Kate. Glaring at me, Kate's mom got into another crouch to attack, but stopped as Kate jumped in front of me.

"Kate!" yelled her dad, "What are you doing?!"

"I can't allow you to attack my howling partner, can I?"

I felt my heart skip a few beats when she said that. Although her parents expressions were hilarious. Kate's mom swooned and then fell to the ground in a faint. Not wanting to create any more hostile feeling I rushed forward to catch the woman before her head hit the ground and gentle lowered her to the ground. When I was sure she was ok I turned to the Kate's dad. I extended a paw.

"Humphrey at your service."

I had to chuckle at the look of shocked at his face. I quickly turned to Kate.

"I guess I win the bet with my friends."

She cocked her head to the side.

"What bet?" She asked.

"Me and my friends bet on the reaction of your parents. That and the other girls reaction as well."

She looked at me. "You know I will get you for that. Right?"

"Yes, my lady." I said doing an overly done bow.

I earned a slap outside the head for that one. Turning to her parents, I thought her dad's head was going to explode and her mom looked like she was ready to faint. I thought about yelling boo and scaring them a bit, but I didn't want to get hit again.

I extended a paw, "Hello, your names are?" Hopefully that can snap them out of the state they were in.

Cautiously the male extended a paw, "Winston…and this is my mate Eve."

We shook paws, "Nice to meet you Winston and Eve. I can see where Kate gets her looks from."

Winston gave a chuckle. Kate looked surprised at this.

"What," I said, "I thought you already knew you parents reaction was going to be."

"I did. I wasn't surprised at all. Except where mom attacked you."

At this I turned to Eve to make sure she was ok and I was greeted with the sight of her passed out on the ground. I turned to Winston.

"Is she going to be ok?"

He nodded, "that happens when she doesn't understand something."

"Oh."

At this point it was weird to say anything. So I told them I would be back. Running to the lake, I got to the river and dunked in a piece of bark into the water. Filling it up to the brim, I carefully walked to the alpha's den. I smiled at the confused looks. Then I emptied it on her head and ran.

Kate's point of view

I was shocked when he emptied it onto mom's head. Was he trying to get murdered by mom? Watched as he made a break out of the den with my angry mom at his heels. When she got outside we were confuse. The scent just ended. Looking around quickly we tried finding him but to no avail. We stopped searching and went back to the den. To our shock sleeping in the back of the den was Humphrey. Seeing us he gave a huge yawn.

"About time." He said in a fake irritable voice.

"How did you do that?" asked dad.

Humphrey gave a smile. "If you live in the dark, scents is how you find someone. It is not that hard to make your scent disappear." Then he looked thoughtful, "You also have to do your inferred vision but that is for another time."

Dad sat down across from me with mom sitting next to him and Kate sitting at my side.

"So, where have your kind been hiding." Asked dad.

"We haven't really been hiding. My kind just got used to our tunnels."

I was confused. "Your tunnels?"

Humphrey nodded. "Yes, our tunnels. We live in the mountain." He grinned at us. "What? Did you think that I live the top?"

I looked away embarrassed.

Dad took over. "Who is your alpha?"

Humphrey looked at him. "What's an alpha?"

I looked at him. "You know, your leaders."

"Ah, Paragons."

"What?" asked mom.

Humphrey looked at them. "That is who rules our packs. The Paragons. A group of thirteen elders who have been in the pack the longest. They are the ultimate leaders, but for snappy decisions would be my father."

Humphrey's point of view

I watched as everyone's eyes bulged and their jaw went to the ground.

"What?" I asked. "Does my breath stink?"

I smelled it to make sure that this was not the case. Nope all fine, my breath still smells like fresh black roses.

"You're the son of the leader of your pack?" asked Eve.

"Yes?" I said, not really sure where this was going. I looked out to the moon. "We'd better get going Kate. Unless you want to miss the moonlight howl."