Chapter 6 : The Dark Secret
The morning light poured across the green land as the sun rises behind the mountains and the moon sets. Kate began to open her eyes and groaned as she raised her head to look at her surroundings. As usual, she found Humphrey still asleep and Rex missing from his original place. Feeling that she had enough sleep, she got and stretched her muscle, followed by a yawn, and nudged her mate awake.
'Wake up, sleepy head.' She said in a lovely voice.
Humphrey began to open his eyes and groaned as he wiped his eyes with his paw and looked at her sleepily.
'Morning Kate.' He said.
'How's your sleep?'
'Good. How about you?' He said as he got onto his feet.
'Fine.'
He stretched his muscle and yawned and turned towards her with a smile on his face. He noticed Rex's absence and guessed that he's out to get breakfast for them.
'Usual place?'
'Yeah.'
'Okay. Let's go.' He said and they left the den.
As they exited the den, they found a dead Caribou already lying infront of their den without any signs of open wound or blood.
'Wow. He must've snapped its neck easily.' Humphrey said, patting the Caribou's head.
'Where is Rex?' Kate asked as she stood at the overhang and looked at the den grounds below.
'Maybe he's somewhere training, or dating some girls.' Humphrey joked.
'Maybe. But he said that he's a lone wolf.' Kate reasoned.
'Maybe he's lying. Anyways, let's eat and head towards the waterfall. He might be there waiting for us.' He said and they sat down and started to eat.
A few minutes later, Lilly appeared and walked towards them with a smile.
'Morning.' She said, and received the same greetings from them.
'Have you seen Rex anywhere?' Kate asked and Lilly shook her head.
'I haven't seen him around. Why?'
'Well, he's usually here to wait for us to wake up. I wonder where he is.' She said curiously.
Just when they're about to jump into more conclusions, Rex walked up the steep road beside the den and greeted with a smile.
'Where were you?' Humphrey asked.
'Oh, I went to your parents den just to discuss something important. Is there something wrong?' Rex said with an eyebrow raised.
'Nothing. Just wondering.' Kate said and continued to eat her meal.
'Looks like it's another beautiful day.' Rex said as he sat at the overhang and looked at the rising sun.
'Yeah, and it's a trip to the waterfall again.' Kate said after swallowing a chunk of minced meat in her mouth.
'It's time to train, Humphrey. Eat up as fast as you can, but not too fast or you'll upset your tummy.' Rex said with a smile.
'Yes sir.' Humphrey said with a salute gesture and the two sisters giggled.
'Good. I'll meet you at the waterfall.' Rex said as he stood up and walked towards the road down to the den grounds.
'Okay.'
They watched as he left and turned towards each other.
'I can't wait for tonight's Moonlight Howl. I've finally get to spend some romantic time with my macho alpha instead of waiting till his day off.' Lilly said in excitement.
'And I'm going to howl with my funny omega here.' Kate said as she rubbed her muzzle and body against Humphreys.
They continued their conversation with Humphrey and Kate eating their meal at the same time. Lilly told them about how Garth's amazed expression was when she told him that Rex could drag a Caribou and carry a deer on his back at the same time and she fanned herself with her tail, charmed by such strength. Kate and Humphrey laughed and felt disappointed that they couldn't see the hilarious expression themselves. A few minutes later, the couple were done with their meal, leaving scraps for flies to feed on, and they headed towards the waterfall. When they arrived, they caught sight of Rex sitting infront of the rose plant from a distance and as they got closer, they heard him singing with an amazing voice.
''Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you''
He stopped when their footsteps become louder and he turned towards them, and met their surprised expression.
'What's wrong?' He said with an eyebrow raised.
'That. Was. Amazing.' Humphrey said with his eyes widened and Lilly began to fan herself with her tail again.
'You heard it?' He asked and received a nod from them. 'Nah, it was nothing. Just singing for fun.'
'You should sing that during the Moonlight Howl.' Humphrey said and got elbowed in the rib by Kate.
'Ow!' He yelped and noticed Rex's frown.
'I'm sorry, but I don't sing in public.' He said sadly.
'Well, that's bad.' Kate said with a frown.
'Um, why don't we get into the water first before continuing our conversation?' Lilly said, breaking the sad moment.
They nodded and headed towards the cool water. Kate sat in the cool and refreshing water and Humphrey and Lilly were about to follow when Rex stopped them.
'I thought we're suppose to train?' Rex said, reminding Humphrey what he's suppose to do to protect Kate.
'Oh, right.' Humphrey said and turned towards him.
Rex looked from him to Lilly and smiled.
'Would you like to join us, um…' He said as she haven't introduced herself to her.
'Lilly.' She said happily.
'I see. What a lovely name.'
She felt her heart beating faster and she fanned herself with her tail again to cool herself off and Kate rolled her eyes.
'Okay. So, would you like to learn hunting first of combats?'
Humphrey and Lilly looked at each other and turned back to him, having the same idea in mind.
'Up to you, since you're our coach.' Humphrey said.
'Okay. Guess we'll go with hunting then. First, I'm gonna teach you about silent crawl.' He said as he faced his right side towards them and turned into a crawl position.
'Oh, Kate already taught me that.'
Rex eyed him and smiled. He stood upright and turned towards him.
'Well, let's see. Try to pounce at me from behind.' He said and faced away from them.
Humphrey did what Kate taught him and turned into his crawling position and began to move towards Rex. He stopped and waited for a few seconds and at the right moment, he pounced and tried to pin him down, but was side stepped and he landed on the ground.
'Very good. You performed well.'
Humphrey got up and rubbed his head as it was the first part of his body that landed on the ground and smiled at his excellent performance.
'But how did you know anyway, and you just side stepped it.' He said in amazement.
'Don't forget, instincts.' Rex said as he tapped one side of his head with his paw.
'What's so good with instincts anyway?'
Rex and Kate looked at him with their eyes widened except for Lilly as she was completely clueless too.
'Instinct is the most powerful ability in a wolf.' Kate said, breaking the silence and received a nod from Rex.
'Yes indeed. It allows us to sense anything coming right us, and once you're good at it, you're a.' Rex said and swiped his claw at a leaf gliding beside him, slicing it into four strips. 'highly-skilled wolf.'
They watched in amazement as he performed such a precise swipe without looking at the leaf. The four strips of sliced leaf landed on his paw and he smiled.
'I. Must. Learn that.' Humphrey said with his mouth wide open.
Rex laughed and looked at him with a grin.
'It takes time to master. I've trained around a year in order to arrive at this stage.' He said and their eyes widened.
'So you're sort of a higher ranked alpha?' Lilly said curiously.
'You can say that.'
'Teach me on how to master it, teacher.' Humphrey said, kneeling down infront of him and raised both paws towards him.
'Humphrey, you're begging.' Kate said awkwardly.
'I know. Sorry.'
Rex placed his paw on his shoulder and their eyes met.
'I can't teach you that, Humphrey. You'll have to master it yourself. Now, let's proceed with the training.'
They began with the silent crawl, but more into advanced like how Rex did his and next was the pounce for the kill. Lilly performed better than Humphrey as she was already trained by Garth on that session. They practiced this for long hours, and Rex decided that this was enough for today as tonight's their big and wonderful night.
'Okay. This is enough for today. You should get some rest for tonight.' Rex said, watching the sun as its about to set.
Humphrey and Lilly lied on the ground, exhausted after long hours of training without any rest. Lilly got up when her sister called out.
'Hey Sis, why don't we wash ourselves here?'
'Okay. But…' She said, looking at the two men present awkwardly.
'Um, do you two mind?' Kate called out.
'Sure. I'll meet you at our den, darling.' Humphrey said and blowed her a kiss before leaving along with Rex.
'So, where should we take a shower?' Humphrey asked as they walk.
'The pond's free.' Rex said, looking back at him.
'Oh yeah, but… Is Alex's body gone?'
'Yeah. Eve told me that they've dumped it somewhere else instead of burying it, you know, since he tried to rape Kate, her daughter and your mate.'
'Glad to hear that. I just hope that I will grow stronger as fast as possible to be able to protect her.'
Their conversation was interrupted when Garth appeared infront of them, walking with a smile on his face.
'Hello gents.' He said and they greeted back.
'Where are you heading?' Rex asked.
'Back to my den, to see how Lilly's doing.'
'Well, she's with Kate at the waterfall, taking a bath. We're doing the same thing at the pond. Wanna join the crew?' Humphrey asked.
'Sure.' He replied and they headed towards the pond.
'So, how did your duty go?' Humphrey asked.
'As usual, but it's kinda boring without anyone to talk with, as we're too busy scouting the territory.'
'Well that's disappointing. Rex actually showed us some of his skills and taught me about it.'
'Really?' Garth said, looking at Rex with a smile.
'Yeah. Humphrey and Lilly did well in the training, but I decided to make it short since you guys have a big night.' He replied.
'Thank you for teaching my mate, Rex.'
'No problem. I teach any wolves who's willing to learn.'
They continued their conversation till they arrived at the pond. There was no sign of blood or bodies, and the water glitters under the silver moonlight. They got in and began to wash themselves up quick so that they could see their mate again, except for Rex. Humphrey and Garth got out first and shook themselves dry and Rex followed after a few minutes when they were brushing their fur. As Rex shook his body, they were amazed at how handsome he is as he brushed his mane and coat.
'Woah. What's with the charming actions, Rex? We're not gays.' Humphrey joked as Rex's coat glows under the moonlight and Garth laughed.
'Well, I'm just tidying myself up.' Rex said as he continued to brush his coat.
'I bet tons of girls would fall for you and faints at first sight.'
Garth nodded in agreement and Rex made a soft laugh.
'Well I hope that won't happen.' He said with a smile.
'Come on, let's go and check on the girls.' Garth said and they stopped when they heard another voice behind them.
'Do you mean us?'
They turned around and found Lilly and Kate already done with a flower placed in their fur and their eyes widened when they saw Rex's handsome looks and Lilly leaned against her sister's body.
'Wow.' She said.
'Um, you're not going to the Moonlight Howl, are you?' Kate asked awkwardly.
'Well, yes. But not to 'howl' with anyone, but to take a look at the beauty of it and I'll be back at the waterfall.' He replied.
'What are you going to do at the waterfall?' Lilly asked.
'Training.'
'I see. Well, let's move handsomes.' Kate said and they began to walk towards the Howling Rock.
Rex was amazed by how tall and beautiful the rock was when they arrived, and they began to head up to the peak. All wolves turned towards them as they passes by, but the wolf who caught all of the female's attention was Rex who was dressed handsomely tonight. Humphrey's group, Salty, Shakey and Mooch were there, and they watched as Rex walked pass them with a smile.
'Woah. How I wish I could be that muscular and handsome.' Shakey said in amazement.
'Yeah.' Mooch said in agreement.
'Come on guys. We can still get girls without dressing up like that.' Salty said and received their nods in agreement.
They caught sight of four female wolves running past them and Salty decided to try his pick-up line again. As they're about to walk past him, he raised his paw and smiled.
'Hey.'
Unfortunately, he was ignored and the four female wolves ran past him without looking back. He watched as they run to the peak and realized that they were dying to meet Kate's doctor, Rex. Rex was following behind the two couples, and his eyes widened when four ladies walked beside him with a smile and their eyes full of lust.
'Hello handsome. My name is Candy.' The first wolf said.
'Name's Sweets.' The second wolf said.
'Reba.' The third wolf said.
'Janice.' The last wolf said.
'Okay… Do you need anything?' Rex asked awkwardly as he looked at them.
'Why are you here, handsome alpha?' Candy asked and giggled with Sweets.
'Well, just to take a view of this beautiful place. I hope you're enjoying your time here and found you true mate.'
'Oh, we do.' Sweets said, feeling hungry for his love.
Humphrey, Kate, Garth and Lilly heard their conversation and made a soft laugh with each other as Rex's getting surrounded by girls due to his handsome looks and muscular body. They stopped when Candy lied infront of Rex all in a sudden and placed her paw on her forehead.
'I can't breathe. I need CPR.' She said, acting as if she's losing oxygen and Rex rolled his eyes.
'Is there something wrong with my eyes?' Sweets said, standing infront of him and staring close to his eyes.
'Could you give me a massage?' Reba said with her back facing against him.
'Could you give me an… inspection? You know what kind of inspection.' Janice said as she leaned her body against his and Rex's eyes widened.
'Um, look ladies. I know what you're trying to do, but sorry. I'm not here to howl with anyone. So I really appreciated for your love but no thanks. Have a good night.' He said and walked towards the two couples who were looking at him.
The four ladies looked at each other and wore a disappointed looks as they didn't get their handsome alpha. Rex stood infront of them and smiled.
'Lead the way.' He said and received a smile from them.
Finally, they arrived at the peak and had a good view of the wolves below, howling with their true loves. Rex watched and smiled and felt happy for them, as it reminded something to him about his past. He turned towards the two couples and decided to leave.
'Okay. See you back at the den.' Humphrey said happily and they waved and watched as Rex walked down the steep rocky road.
'Hope his training goes well.' Kate said, looking away from the rocky road and towards Humphrey.
'He doesn't have to. He's already a god.' Humphrey said with a smile. 'Come on. Let's get this romantic time starting.'
'We'll find another spot. See you two later.' Garth said and left along with Lilly as she lean her head against his chest.
Their romantic time was beautiful and everything went smoothly until a loud, long and sad howl rang the area and it caught the attention of all wolves. Kate and Humphrey looked at each other with a worried expression.
'That sounds like Rex.' Humphrey said.
'We should go and check on him.' Kate said and received a nod in agreement from him.
As they descend from their howling spot, they caught sight of Garth and Lilly and they walked towards them with a worried expression.
'We're coming.' Garth said.
'Okay. Let's go.' Kate said and began to lead the way.
'Nothing's wrong. Keep your howls up and your romance strong.' Humphrey said with a smile and they began to walk towards the waterfall.
'I hope he's okay. That howl was really sad and painful to hear.' Lilly said on their way to where Rex was training.
They caught sight of Rex sitting infront of the rose plant with his back facing towards them when they arrived and as they got closer, they heard his mysterious conversation with a rose in his paws.
'I remembered when I used to tell jokes to you and you always made that beautiful laugh and charming smile. How I wish you're here, so we could enjoy the beauty of the moon and howl together again. But now there's a female wolf named Kate who was shot with the same drug as yours, and I'm not going to let the consequences get to her. I love you, and I'll never forget you in my whole life, Rose.'
They caught sight of a shiny drip of tear fell from his eyes onto the rose and they stopped when Rex turned his head a little to one side and frowned.
'You heard my howl, didn't you?' He said.
'Yeah. What's wrong, Rex? Who's Rose?' Kate asked curiously and sat beside him.
The others followed and they sat infront of him. Rex wiped his tears and forced a smile at them.
'Would you like to know my past that I've been trying to avoid telling to everyone?'
'Um, we don't really need to hear if it's hard for you to say it.' Humphrey said with a frown.
'Nah, it's fine. I trust you guys, since you've been friendly to me for the past few days and you don't look like a bad person.'
'Okay then, but if you can't continue, let us know. We're here for you.' Lilly said and placed her paw on his with a smile.
'Thank you.' Rex said and let out a deep breath before starting his story with the rose still in his paws…
I stopped at the wrong timing, didn't I? My apologies to keep you waiting; this takes some time for me to think and write of. Well, looks like Rex's finally going to tell them about his past back when he's in the Northern pack. Hope the next chapter isn't going to make you disappointed. Anyways, thanks for the support and I'm really happy to see how this going. As usual, leave a review/follow/favourite. I means a lot to me and have a wonderful and pleasant day. Peace out. -LoverWolfs1121