Chapter 18 The grievers plan

Humphrey's POV

The mirrors edge, I had thought the grievers had been trapped on the edge of reality but according to Dillon the grievers had found a way to escape. Secretly I wondered if he wanted to go in and try to save Jasher but I still had doubts he was even alive. Shivering I wondered if Lilly and Garth had accidently been trapped on the edge as well. I shook away my thoughts and groaning, rolled over. I was glad to be back in my own den and even though Eve had put up a fight to be sleeping with Kate we had decided to sort it out the following morning. Slowly I opened my eyes and stared into Kate's amber eyes. "Good morning." She whispered. I smiled and replied, "Good morning Kate…"

She tilted her head and asked, "What's wrong?" I sighed and answered, "I'm just worried about the grievers coming back, I just wish we had made sure there was no other way out." Kate nuzzled me and said, "There was nothing you could do, but we have time to prepare." I nodded and said, "I guess you're right, but I was hoping the nightmare would end soon." Kate snorted and said, "Believe me, we all do but there's no sense in giving up." I kissed her affectionately on the cheek and told her, "Yea but how are we going to make sure that the grievers don't destroy Jasper?" She rolled over and grabbed Grace who yelped and squirmed in her paws. Kate laughed and said, "Easy Grace, were out of the forest now." Grace sighed a little and quickly fell back to sleep. I grinned and said, "You scared her so much she passed out." Kate shook her head and placed Grace between us and said, "Oh really, are you sure it wasn't your ego Humphrey?" I raised an eyebrow and told her, "An alpha trying to beat an omega in battle of wits?" Kate giggled and licked my cheek before saying, "I don't think I'll have to beat you just yet."

Smiling I rose to my feet and stretched. Kate groaned and rose to her feet as well. I quickly embraced her and said, "I love you, I'm just so worried…" She giggled and hugged me back kissing me affectionately before saying, "Don't be, I'm sure that we won't have to worry about the grievers. Jasher couldn't have died for no reason." I nodded and replied, "I guess you're right, thanks Kate." She smiled and told me, "Any time Humphrey; we are mates so it's my job to help you." "I wouldn't be so sure." Eve called. Kate whirled around and exclaimed, "Mom, what are you doing here?" Eve strutted into the den and replied, "Making sure my daughter is still a virgin." Kate shook her head and through gritted teeth told her, "Mom, he's my mate and we already have a daughter."

Eve nodded and said, "I know sweetie but I can't take that chance if you're still going to marry Garth." Exasperated Kate twitched her tail and replied, "I'm not marrying him, I have a family and I'm never leaving them." My heart seemed to melt and I whispered, "Thank you Kate, that means a lot." Kate smiled and passionately kissed me on the lips. We shared our love for what seemed like an eternity before Eve growled, "Kate, please don't. Do you really want the packs to go to war?" She shook her head and replied, "No but they seemed to get along fine without us!" Eve sighed and told her, "For now but what happens when that crazy wolf loses control. The valley will erupt into chaos and many wolves could get killed or hurt." I spoke up and said, "I haven't know Dillon for long but if he could get Tony and Winston to cooperate for this long I have faith that he can keep it up." Kate nodded in agreement and said, "Dillon can keep things under control." Eve closed her eyes and whispered, "Why do you insist on making everything so hard?"

Kate sighed and replied, "Because I love Humphrey and I owe him my life, he's always been the bright spot in my life and has been there to encourage and help me through some hard times. When we got trapped in the forest for the first time I was almost killed by an animal called the Terror. It almost caused me to bleed out but Humphrey saved me in time and dragged me back to a safe den to rest. Why can't you see he's the perfect one for me?" Time seemed to slow and I was amazed at how highly she regarded me and a smile creaked onto my face. I croaked pushing back the tears, "I love you more than anything Kate." She turned and replied, "I love you to Humphrey." She then attacked my lips and we shared our love but this time was more compassionate and caring. Showing how much we truly cared about one another and I was glad to have her in my life. Eve closed her eyes and whispered, "I can't take my daughter away from someone she love like this, I was hoping she was only in the heat but now I see that she truly does love you Humphrey."

We broke out kiss and I slowly replied, "Thank you, I'll make sure she comes to no harm. No matter the outcome." Eve walked out of the den and called over her shoulder, "The packs won't stay together much longer though, please protect Kate." I nodded and Eve left the den leaving us still embracing each other. I whispered, "She doesn't know about the grievers, there waiting until the packs turn on each other and in the chaos come in and wipe us out." Kate nodded and told me, "The perfect plan, they get revenge and kill us all." She closed er eyes and breathlessly said, "I sure hope Dillon has a plan."

I nodded and told her, "He has to, he's been here for weeks and must have something planned." Kate laughed and said, "All this planning but when it comes to it we just end up winging it anyway." I chuckled and licked her cheek before saying, "Your right but we still need to have something to work with." She sighed and said, "That's true, but I hope that it's a good one." "A good what?" Dillon called. I yelped and said, "Come on, is everyone trying to scare me today?" Dillon chuckled and replied, "I saw Eve walking out of your den and wanted to make sure that you were still alive." I scoffed and told him, "Funny…" He grinned and said, "I've been here for long enough to know that she's not someone to cross." Kate grinned and told him, "She can be just a little much." I went wide eyed and asked, "A little, she would have killed me!" Kate tilted her head and said, "Well, maybe not. I mean she's not evil." Dillon smiled and threw in, "Your right, its worse. She's a overprotective mother."

I let out a short bark of laughter and told him, "Yea that's more terrifying for sure." Kate eyed us quizzically and said, "I'm sure she wouldn't have…." Dillon and I shared a look and we both shook our heads and said, "Nope, no chance." I lifted my paw and pointed at the entrance to the den and said, "She would have dragged me screaming out and thrown me off the howling rock before letting me take you on a date." Kate stomped her paw and said, "She wouldn't." I shrugged and Dillon said, "Relax, my mom was just as overprotective." I nodded and said, "So is mine, Dawn is always trying to make it up to me for the grievers catching me although if they hadn't I would never have met the prettiest alpha in all of Canada." I winked at her and she giggled before kissing me on the cheek.

Dillon coughed and told us, "Alright you love birds, I need to talk to the forest group to see if we can get some insight into when the grievers could attack." I bit my lip and told him, "Kate already has an idea." Dillon nodded and said, "So do I but I want to talk to everyone to get the best possible chance of surviving this." I cracked my neck and said, "Makes sense so when do you want to meet and where?" Dillon shrugged and answered, "The feeding grounds seem like a nice place to meet."

Kate licked her lips and said, "Alright, but I sure hope we can figure something out and fast." Dillon observed the sky just outside the den and said, "I do to and we need to start soon." I raised an eyebrow and asked, "So we can meet before dark." Distractively Dillon replied, "Yea, sure. Let's just hope it's not too late to figure something out." Kate cut in and told him, "Dillon, we'll be fine. The grievers will wait until the packs turn on each other. If we can keep that from happening then we can make sure we have enough time to find and destroy the final way out of the forest trapping the grievers for good.

Dillon gave a small sigh and replied, "I sure hope your right, but where would the crack in the mirror be exactly?" I kicked a pebble with my paw and answered, "I have an idea but you guys won't like it." Kate stuttered, "What do you mean we won't like it?" I shrugged and slowly answered, "Well, the most logical place would be the howling rock." Dillon frowns and says, "Thats way to close, someone would see something." Kate taps her paw and says, "Maybe, but it does have lots of crevices and areas to put some kind of portal in. I mean they did it in that field where the rock was only a few meters tall. "Yea your right!" Dillon shouts. Kate nods and says "We need to warn my father." Dillon stops smiling and says, "That may be a problem."

Kate tentatively asks, "Why?" Dillon shrugs and says, "Well, he thinks I'm crazy and doesn't think the grievers are the real threat." I shook my head and asked, "So then what does he think is the real threat?" DIllon sheepishly answered, "Well, I told him that another pack had tried to take over and they would be here soon. I was hoping that it would get us into a defensive position but now we know where the grievers could come from we have a better chance." I muttered, "Not anymore, they cut right into the heart of the valley. They would get past every defense and it would be to late to stop them."

Dillon nods and says, "Thats why we need to convince him the grievers are real." Kate frowns and says, "Well, I guess thats another problem we need to take care of." I cut in and told her, "No, its the biggest problem. Someone would believe we were trapped in a forest with a terrfying animal but the grievers are so supernatural and unheard of that no one would take us seriously." Kate bit her lip and said, "Well, lets see if we can change that."

(Tried some new things in my writing so what do you think? And I hope that was a nice little love scene there and I know it was a little short but training is taking up a lot of time as well as repairs on my laptop. But the next chapter will be out soon so enjoy guys!)

EXPLANATION OF THE MIRRORS EDGE: Hey guys, while this is also a really cool game this is just in case you were confused by this term, it simply means the edge of reality. Such as a mirror reflects everything in its view the edges are distorted to create the illusion of a different reality. Such as things that are close to the real deal are slightly changed or stretched such as how the forest seemed to have a life of its own. Hope this explained it and enjoy the new chapter!