Chapter 8

The sun was rising ocer Jasper and Kate was felling worse and worse by the second the horrible thing of not knowing what was happening to her son was almost unbearable. Humpherey noticed something was wrong with Kate and went to see her. The second he made eye contact with her he noticed she was crying though he couldnt blame her fo he had cried last night himself. He didnt say a thing obviously his idea had been wrong that they had not needed to watch the pups he had thought that their promise was more credible that what it apparently was. SHe finally spoke and said "what are they doing to him?" he could only respond "I just dont know Kate i really dont know." She responded with "we have to rescue him" "I know an we are going to im going to get a team together and you are coming with me we can leave thses two with Kayla" he said looking at the other two as he spoke. "Im in" she said with grimness "but i have my own reasons for going" he simply nodded but he was confused at what other reasons Kate could have but he simply let t go there were far far more inportant things at hand. Humpherey gathered up a grou[ quickly he took the two pups to Kayla and Tyler`s den and they were shocked when they heard of the kidnapping but they agreed to keep the two and also not to let them out of their sight.

It was about noon when the group consisting of Kate, Humphery, and 10 other alphas set out to find Streak most of these wovles had helped to kill the original beast that had terrorized the park over the past couple of years and they were skilled fighters Humphery knew that much. They had been seraching for a couple of hours when they heard a deep howl coming from the edge of the river it was not wolflike and it sounded much harsher than a wolves howl but it was enough to send chills down Humphery`s spine. It was onsidering the possibilities of it being a trap but then he looked at the group of wolves behind him and all worry left his mind or at least most of it did he always had that hint of soubt about everything he had picked it up over the past few years after bad experiences in which his apparent overconfidence had caused he was adding this most recent kidnapping to his list of problems it had caused. It took about 30 minutes to get down to the location were that howl had sounded from and there was a cave it was light for only a few yards then it went pitch black Humphery gulped and the lead the unsure group into the cave the worry had come back.

It was eerily silent in the cave but that just made the sense of impedning death more noticeable. Humphery couldnt see a thing because it was so dark and he wasnt alone not one wolf could see at all it made things worse a surprise attack would take them off guard and they would more than likely be killed. He shoved his worries down and tensed himself "be ready for a surprise attack" he told the group of wolves behind him and though he couldnt see it he could feel the air get tenser. THen it rang out again from within the cave the same sharp howl that had brought them here Humphery froze it was down the cave a bit and he realized something else they were deep very deep they had been in there for 15 minutes moving futher away from sunlight. Humphery was feeling like they should turn back and leave this place then he saw it an eerie light coming from what seemed like nothing but as he got closer he saww waht looked like a very poorly made fire but there was no one around it Humphrey breathed a sigh of relief as Kate approached him. "What is it?" Humphrey asked her and she approached the wall of the cave "his scent" she said Streak has been this way and from what i can tell it has not been willingly. "Humphrey nodded and called out "follow Kate she has Streak`s scent.''

Kayla and Tyler were sitting in there den while Lillian and Wilson slept in the corner of the cave were it was alwyas warm thanks to a small air vent. Kayla heard it first footsteps outside the den she was afraid of what it might be she heard a cruch and screamed out as Laila walked in. Tyler gave a low chuckle as Laila said "well im not here to kill you or anything so what was the screaming for?" "Sorry" replied Kayla "im just on edge right now what with all thats been going on." Laila replied "I understnad im a bit on edge too in fact i had a freind escort me here so i wouldnt be walking alone." Tyler pitched in and said "we are ine here remember there are guards all around and speaking of which i have duty to answer so ill be back in a bit and if yall need anything just yell but not like your being attacked." They both nodded and he headed out of the den. The day was pressing on and still no sign from Humphereys hunting party Tyler wasnt worried they might have found something and now they were following a lead and he just hung to that hope.

The lit area of the cave was far behind Humphery and the group now led Kate was leaving it futher behind. Two wolves were stationed at the fire and told to howl twice if the saw something. Kate led the group around a bend then through a strectch then they realized something they were back at the fire htey had left not 30 minutes ago and the two wolves they left stationed were dead they hadnt even attempted to howl or they werent able too. The scene was the usual grusome one one was missing the thorat while another had it heart heart ripped out along with parts of the rib cage. Humpherey did everything he could to keep his lunch down he managed but Kate was unable too up it came and she realized something else the scent had left the cave it had been a trap. They left the two bodies in the cave no use trying to bring them back to the burial area and they knew it was no good to parade the two managled bodies through the den area considering there were pups in that area. Kate`s heart caught as she thought of the word and what it meant to her She had decided to press on and leave the two wolves at the fire she was kicking herself but Humphery didnt seem to notice he had the job of telling the two familes what had happend. "Well now what" was all she could manage before she began to cry he approached her and gave her a kiss this helped and she stopped crying "I`ll be back i have to go notify the families of what happend" she nodded and lied down she wasnt going to sleep at all again tonight so she at least should try at this point. She was still hearing her son yelping in her head and it wasnt going to leave her alone and it probably never would.