Chapter 1 : Unidentified Drug

'What?!' Kate said in shock.

'Yeah… You're in heat, Kate.' Garth said shyly.

'But, it isn't mating season yet.' Kate said.

'I don't know, sis, but I think you should let Mom know immediately.

Kate then noticed that her body began to sweat more than she ever had and spoke.

'Okay. I'll eat up quick and once I'm done, could you two accompany me to Eve and Winston's den? You know, help me in dragging Humphrey?'

'Sure.' Garth said with a smile.

Garth and Lilly made a surprised expression as they watched how fast Kate feast on the Caribou; it isn't the way of normal wolves eat. She left half of the meat for Humphrey due to the tranquillizer that puts him into a deep sleep and denying him from having his breakfast. She let out a 'Burp' and placed her paw on her mouth.

'Sorry.' She said.

'Let's go. Garth, darling, could you lift Humphrey?' Lilly said.

'Sure, my beautiful Lilly.' Garth said and walked towards Humphrey.

He lifted him at ease and Kate brought the meat with her, then they headed towards their destination. As they passes by the wolves of their pack, many males stared at Kate with their eyes full of lust and it made Kate felt uncomfortable and wanted to reach her parents's den as fast as possible. When they arrived, they found Winston sitting outside the den, having a chat with Tony. They stopped and turned their heads towards them as they approaches.

'Hello, Garth and my two beautiful daught-' Winston stopped as he noticed what was unusual about his daughter and continued. 'Kate, are you… in heat?'

'Um, you could say that.' Kate said with an awkward smile.

'But it isn't mating season yet.' Tony said curiously.

'We know.' Lilly said.

'What happened to Humphrey?' Winston asked, looking at Humphrey who was lying on Garth's back, snoring really loudly.

'Two humans shot me and him with tranquillizing dart. Humphrey fell asleep, but I didn't and felt really hot and stronger instead.' Kate said.

'Hmm. Maybe yours isn't a tranquillizing dart. You better let your Mom know about this.' Winston said.

At that moment, Eve walked out of the den and greeted her daughter and son-in-law, then immediately noticed about Kate's strange heat-period and spoke.

'Kate. Are you in-'

She stopped when she saw Kate's nod and continued.

'But it isn't-'

She made another stop when Winston spoke.

'Yes.'

There was silence in between them for a few seconds, then Eve spoke.

'Come in, Kate. Let me check on you.'

Before Eve and Kate entered the den, Eve turned around and spoke in a gentle voice.

'If any of you males dare to enter this den when I'm checking on her, I will rip your head off and feed it to the bears.'

Tony, Winston and Garth widened their at such warning and Eve entered the den. After a few minutes of examination, Eve spoke.

'I don't know what this drug is, Kate. None of our pack ever experienced this before. But for now, keep yourself cool at all times. We might never know what this drug can do.'

'Okay. Thanks, Mom.' Kate said and was about to leave the den when Eve spoke.

'Oh, I almost forgot. Ask Humphrey to accompany you at all times. Our pack may be strong, but that doesn't mean there's no perverted wolves in it.'

'I can protect myself, Mom. Don't worry.' Kate said with a smile.

'But you know that's his responsibility, right? To protect you at all cost?' Eve replied with an eyebrow raised.

'He know, Mom.' Kate said and left the den.

She then thought of staying in the lake to release the heat off his body and was about to head towards her destination when Humphrey woke up. He opened his eyes and yawned, then looked at his mate sleepily.

'Oh, hey, Kate.' Humphrey said, then remembered that they were shot by dart and stood up immediately.

'Where are we?' He said in a panic, looking at his surroundings.

Garth, Tony and Winston laughed, then Kate spoke.

'We're still in Jasper, Humphrey.'

'Oh thank god. I thought we're-' Humphrey stopped as he noticed Kate's strange heat-period and made a surprised expression.

Kate rolled her eyes and spoke.

'Yes, I know I'm in heat and it's not mating season yet, so please stop staring at me like that.'

'How did you ended up like this? I thought you and I were shot by a tranquillizing dart.' Humphrey said curiously.

'Yours is, but mine isn't. I fought away the humans who tried to take us away.' Kate said.

'Are you hurt?' Humphrey asked in a worried tone, examining her paws, head and neck.

'No, I'm not hurt, Humphrey.' Kate replied with a smile.

'Oh, thank god.' Humphrey said and hugged her, then jumped away as he felt the intense heat in her and her large volume of sweat.

'Wow. You're really 'heated-up'.' He said.

'Yeah. I thought of going to the lake to cool myself down. Could you join me?' Kate asked.

'Of course, I will look after you. But, I need to carry my breakfast with me.' Humphrey said and picked up his meal, then mumbled. 'Okay. Let's go.'

Kate smiled and headed towards the lake with her mate. Once they arrived, she walked into the shallow water and sat down, submerging her whole body except her head. Humphrey sat beside her and ate his meal, chatting with her at the same time. Twenty minutes later, Humphrey spoke.

'Kate, I think we should stay on the land for around twenty minutes, then sit back into the water.'

'Why?' Kate asked curiously.

'Well, I ever tried swimming in the lake for a really long time, probably an hour and I had a really uncomfortable feeling on my skin. So to stop it from continuing, I stayed on land for around half an hour, then went back into the water. Trust me, it'll be worse if I didn't went back on land.' Humphrey explained.

'Okay, my clever omega.' Kate said with a smile.

Humphrey smiled and they went back on land for twenty minutes, then went back into the water. They repeated this till night time and they went back to their den. When they arrived, Kate lied down and felt curious when she saw Humphrey lying apart from her. Humphrey noticed and spoke.

'Your Mom says that you must stay cool at all times, so I can't sleep close to you.'

'But… I can't sleep without you close to me.' Kate said with a frown.

'Maybe this will help.' Humphrey said and placed his paw on hers. 'How do you feel?'

'Better.' Kate replied with a smile, then closed her eyes.

'Good night, Kate.' Humphrey said as he close his eyes.

'Good night, Humphrey.' Kate replied and they fell into a deep sleep…

Hey guys! Just to let you know that I'll be updating late 'cause I'll be busy this week and at 14th, I'll be free and have time to write story for you guys. Yay! Anyway, as usual, hope you like this chapter so far and leave a review/favourite/follow. I means a lot to me and have a good day.