Jade watched as she left town, never coming back. The thought of not getting to spend more time with her stung him. He fought the tears that were trying to form in his eye. Not knowing what would happen to her in Africa was horrible.

“Good bye Dinah” He said for the last time as he turned around to go back into town. 

Days went past like nothing had happened, but this one dog felt like his life had been turned upside down. All he did was run with the mail, eat and sleep. Dogs rarely saw him in town anymore. 

What would happen to him? 

Year went passed and Jade was getting social again and had met a female dog named Aiyanna. She was a Shetland sheepdog and a very active one, could never stand just lying around and doing nothing. She was really polite to everyone and thought of everyone as equal. She was confident and full of love. They became mates and were deeply in love. They had a puppy together who got the name Lucky Clover. Jade couldn’t believe that he could be this lucky. 

Jade was a mail dog in Nome and was the lead dog on the team, because he was well build and also had the stamina from his father. But he didn’t know that he had an enemy that was out to get him. 

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Jade had finally arrived home after a run to White Mountain to get the mail. 
“Great work everyone” He complemented his team who were jumping around still full of energy from the run. Jade noticed few girls looking towards the team, he barely knew them well but he knew that one of them was Kit who he had spoken to few times before. He noticed she was walking towards him and he started to blush thinking she had noticed him looking at them. 

“Hi Jade” said Kit, casually, trying to keep her voice friendly.

"Oh hi there Kit, how are you?" Jade answered thankful for the friendly tone. 

“Fin…” She was about to finish but was interrupted by a puppy that came running towards the team. 

“DAD! DAD!” Jade turned around but not quickly enough to avoid the attacker who was now lying on top of him laughing. 

“DAD! Welcome home!!!! Can you come with me?!? I have to show you something!” Clover spoke so fast it was hard to hear clearly what she said but Jade was already used to it. 

“Clover please don’t jump on daddy when he is talking to someone…Now apologize!” Jade said in a warm voice as Clover looked down awkwardly. 

“I’m sorry….” She looked up.

“My name is Kit” Kit said and smiled sheepishly at Clover who was now standing right in front of her and looking up. 

“Can we be friends?” Clover asked suddenly surprising Kit. 

“Of course we can” Kit said not wanting to disappoint her.

“DAD… can you come now!” Clover asked fussing around in circles.

“No honey, I’m talking to Kit go to your mother and ask her to go with you” Jade answered his daughter who wasn’t very pleased with the answer but decided she would do as he said. 

“Sorry about that” Jade said as he watched after his daughter running towards her mother’s home.

"Its allright" she responded, her voice still friendly, although her insides were quivering from the butterflies that flew around "I think she's adorable. Actually, I came here to tell you that if you ever need someone to look after her, I'd be more than willing to do so"

She could not believe she said that. The reason why she actually came over was just to say hi, and hopefully strike up a conversation. Clover just so happened to charge in at the moment, bursting with news. Kit was actually grateful, it sure gave them something to talk about. But she hadn't been lying either, she really did find Clover to be darling and cute.

Jade looked pleased. And took a quick glance in the direction Clover had gone.

"Yeah she is amazing" He said sounding like a proud parent.

"It would be fun for Clover if you babysat her sometime, she seemed to like you a lot" Jade said with a smile, thinking of how quickly Clover had asked her to be her friend.

" Just let me know and I'll be there " she replied, feeling more and more confident " So who's the lucky mother?"

She really hope she didn't sound rude by asking so, she was just curious.

"Her name is Aiyanna, we met about a year ago" He said smiling and then realizing he sounded like he was bragging.

"What about you? Have a mate or are you intrested in someone?"

"On, no. Not really" she responded, not daring to betray any hint of blush. She knew well enough that all hopes for any future for him should be abadoned right away. But they could still be friends right?

"Here's my sissy" came a tall muscular male, his tail draping across her back

"Utah!" exclaimed Kit, always happy to see her old brother

"Hey Jade, how's it going" greeted Utah politely 

"I think I have to go now, besides, Clover has something veeeery important to show you, can't keep her waiting" remarked Kit

"Hey there Utah!" Jade said with a smile.

"Yeah I guess you are right I should hurry up before she gets mad at me." Jade said faking a sad look. 

"I'll see you soon hopefully!" Jade said with a smile and walked in the other direction when Kit and Utah had said their goodbyes. As he was walking he noticed it was getting dark he looked ahead and heard a noise in the distance. Something was coming running in his direction, it was a rather small thing and when it got closer he realized it was Clover. 

"DAD!" She called with tears in her eyes, trying to say something, but the sobbing made it hard for her. Jade had started running towards her when he noticed she was crying. 

"Clover, honey whats wrong?" He asked as she ran into his body at full speed. She hid in his fur trying to calm herself down so she could speak. 

"Dad! They are hurting mom!" She said in a shaky voice. "They are so many and they are being mean to her. Mom told me to run and get you because she needs help! Please don't let them hurt mom more!" Clover said and started crying again. Jade could then hear more noise in the distance and his expression changed to horror.

"Clover honey go and find Ruby or Maggie and tell them what happened! I have to go help your mom" Jade was counting the seconds as he spoke but he didn't want to risk the life of his little girl and he knew that Aiyanna would say the same. 

"I want to hel...." Clover was about to say but Jade shook his head and told her to be quick. Clover ran off in the opposite direction while Jade started sprinting in the direction all the noise was coming from. Jade slowed down as he got near the alley, it was a popular place for stray dogs. He could hear someone yelling but couldn't hear what was being said clearly so he got closer. 

"YOU FOOLS! This isn't the dog I told you to attack!" Jade was now looking into the alley he could see about five dogs talking together and one seemed to be familiar. The leader was a dark brown dog with a black patch on his back. 

"But this is the dog the little pup brought with her!" A blond dog said holding his head close to the ground and looking at the dog that had spoken before. 

"BUT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KILL HER FATHER!" Jade then realized who it was, Jason Aiyanna ex mate. Jade ran into the alley at a full speed infront of Aiyanna who was lying still in the corner. 

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?!" Jade growled and didn't take his eyes of Jason. 

While Jade was confronting Jason, Kit and Utah were making their way back home, after having chatted with Jade moments ago.

"Okay, get this" went on Utah after saying their farewells,“ I heard that our lil bro has a new crush"

"Oh no, who's the unlucky girl" teased kit in response

"Its-"

"Wait, hold" interrupted Kit, she turned around and seemed to be looking for something, with pricked ears and erect tail

"What is it?" frowned Utah

"Its just...something is wrong"

"What?"

"I don't know, do you ever get that feeling that something isn't right?"

"Yeah, I feel it too"

Utah began to break into a jog and Kit didn't hesisate to join him. The pair of them raced and Kit saw Clover running towards her

"Clover! Sweetie slow down, is everything okay?" called kit, using her paw to stop the small pup

"No! They're hurting mommy! I have to find Rubby and MAggie" she babbled, which sounded mixed up.

"Utah, go get them" instructed Kit "You're faster, I've got Clover"

Utah nodded briskly before turning tail and sprinting towards thier home

"Its okay, Utah will get Ruby and Maggie. What happened"

"some dogs are hurting Mommy, and I don't know why. I found dad and told him, and he told me to" she was trembling so hard she broke off in mid sob. Kit drew her closer to her withher small tail.

"It'll be okay" she whimpered soothingly " I promise"

She heard fast footsteps and she saw Utah leading Maggie and Ruby, each of them looking