Chapter 9
Another day was beginning in Jasper somehow Kate had managed to get some sleep the same went with Humphrey and the pups as tired as they had been mainly from stress and fear were dead in there sleep but kate pushed the first word from her mind or at least she tried to. She woke Humphrey upo but as it turned out he was wide awake but then she noticed something blood. It was everywhere and it was pooling around everyone the pups were dead and as she looked out she noticed blood everywhere everyone was dead on the paths, in the dens it was a horrible scene she screamed and the was attacked the last thing she saw was blood then everything went blank it was over.
Kate woke up with a shock and nearly screamed her lungs out. She looked around everything was normal and if it could be put that way peaceful. She went and layed down next to Humphrey she felt his body heat and was glad he had it his simple presence was comforting and she slept the rest of the night without any nightmares. As the real morning came in Jasper Kate woke up to see Humphrey had beaten her to it and was looking out over the territory. She couldnt quite read his face which was very unusual. She wanted to say something but she didnt know what and she didnt want to say the wrong thing and upset him. Finally he broke the silence "well now what do we do we lost two wolves, we never found streak, and half of the party that went with us yesterday say they refuse to go back into those woods after what happend in that cave." Kate sighed "im realy confused right now i dont know how to respond to any of it." he turned and looked at her and said "good becuase if you did you would be a little messed up in the head."
Kayla and Tyler were tlaking with Laila who had stayed at their den the night before on Kayla`s request it was always nice to have another girl to talk to and Tyler just didnt get some of that talk and it sometimes was better that way. Laila was discussing the next few months of the pregnancy and was describing how it felt to have a kick from a pup "its kind of painful" she was syaing when Tyler walked in with some caribou in his mouth. "anyone hungry he said and both of them being very hungry dived into the meat "Dont you want any?" Kayla asked between bites "nah" Tyler responded "i had some earlier plus im not that hungry." It wasnt surprising wolves were acting diffrent now and honestly no one thought that would ever change. "two wolves wrer killed during the search" Tyler suddenly said "Laila and Kayla stopped eating "who was it?" Laila asked. "it was a young couple who had just gotten married" Laila looked shocked "Taylor and Johnny" she whispered "before i came here i went to see how they were Taylor was pregnant with triplets but no one was home and the party had gotten back a few hours before" her voice caught at the end and she rushed out to check on them Laila had her fears realized when she arrived at their den and no one was there it was empty. She walked back slowly to Kayla`s den Tyler had headed out for something and Laila broke down on the spot. Her and Taylor had been freinds ever since puppyhood once again Laila had a much bigger reason than many to kill this thing. "Was it them?" kayla asked and Laila simply nodded "yes" she whispered then broke down crying again.
After hearing about Taylor and Johnsons death Kayla felt an outrage unlike any other yet "kidnapping a pup wasnt ehough?" Kayla thought to herself and now they have killed a mother father and three unborn pups" the amount of rage she was feeling was tearing her up she wanted to kill this thing and Winston rip their throats out as they had done to so many innocent wolves to watch as their blood spilled from the wound. She simply let this feeling go wild in an outspoken rage "how dare those motherfucking bastards!" she exclaimed loudly "going after two parents and their unborn pups!" she then felt a fear replace her anger that crippled her from the head down to her paws it froze her she felt like her life was freezing from her she layed down and Laila her eyes bloodshot from her crying sat beside her "what if they come after me?" Kayla whispered "my pups my unborn pups" she was shaking and she knew it Laila simply responded" Tyler and I would kill them if they tried they wont harm you we wont let them." Kayla closed her eyes and said "this is tearing us up we are losing it all of us" Laila was take aback but repsonded "then dont let it."
Humphrey was outraged when he found that Taylor and Johnson were expecting pups "as if kidnapping wasnt enough" he had told Laila. It was around midday when she had came and told them about the pups. As he told Kate he saw her mood worsen she was on edge already and this certainly didnt help that mood. She layed down and Humphrey joined her she was tearing up and she had good reason over the past two days she had seen a double murder and her son had been kidnapped. He just licked her on the cheek and then got up and sat down at the cliffs edge Lillian sat down next to him and he gave her a lick on the cheek and she looked up and said "daddy?" he replied '' yes?" "this whole thing its tearing us up isnt it?" Humphrey looked at her and said "it is and i dont think its going to let up." Lillian then slid closer to him and began to cry once again he couldnt blame her he felt like doing it himself "this is driving us insane" he thought "and its not going to let up until we end this."