pack,” she said out loud to herself.

“Something tells me you’re happy for them,” Kodi says to Aleu.

Aleu nodded.

“Do you want to visit them?”

“Why yes. Yes I would…”

“Then wait for my signal.” Kodi walks out of the bush and over to Saba. Saba notices Kodi and says to him, “Hey there. Nice to see you drop by.”

“That’s for sure. Where’re the others?”

“Kiona and her pups are inside the den, but Nava and Niju are out hunting. They won’t be back until later. I can get Kiona and her pups right now if you want.”

“That might be a good idea because there’s someone I who wants to see you.”

Saba nodded and went to get Kiona and the pups while Kodi signaled for Aleu to come to his position. Once Aleu was standing next to Kodi, Saba, along with Kiona and her pups, emerges from the den. You can imagine the looks on their faces when they see Aleu. “Aleu,” Saba says, “Is it really you?”

Aleu nodded.

“But the ice bridge,” Kiona says, “How is that possible.”

“It reformed just a few days ago,” Aleu answered.

Saba asks, “And what about the wolf pack?”

“They moved with me. It’s hard to lead them if they are still across the Great Water. But I am glad they were willing to follow me back here. I love being back home, where I really belong…”

Chapter 6

Aleu was returning to her pack. She felt happy that she was able to be reunited with most of her family; she had been away from everyone for so long after crossing the Great Water. “Nava and Niju with my sisters,” Aleu thought, “Who would have thought that would happen?”

She finally made her way to her family. Anthri looked up and smiled once he saw his mate walk up to him. Once Aleu got close enough, she nuzzled him.  Anthri asked, "So how did it go?"

"Well, nobody got hurt," she answered before laughing. Once she stopped, she continued, "Everything went well. I had the opportunity to see a few members of my family."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you should have come."

"Well, I just wasn't sure about those humans. Besides,  who would watch the pups?"

"You have a point there. I wouln't trust them with Sumac, Nuk, and Yak. They're a pretty bad influence."

"That is true... Why not Shadow?"

"Great idea! Once we can trust that nothing bad will happen, we can allow the pups to join us."

“Good. Now let’s get some sleep.”

“But it’s not even-” Aleu cut-off her sentence when she noticed that it’s nighttime. “Okay… That was awkward.” She then lies down next to Anthri. “Good night.”

[Meanwhile]

Jenna was drifting off to sleep after checking on Skya. She was a little worried about Skya having another nightmare. Jenna bolted after coming to one realization: how will Rosey’s family react once they see Skya? She still has a few days to think about it, but maybe Balto will have an idea. For now, she needs to get some rest and get ready for tomorrow.

[Outside of Jenna’s house]

A back wolf was staring into the window. She could see Skya snuggled up next to Jenna with a smile on her face. She smiled and said, “Until the time comes, my daughter, we’ll see each other again.”

She then saw a husky walk out of the house next door and bark, “Who are you? Why are you here?”

The wolf didn’t answer, but ran away. The husky then said to herself, “What’s going on here?” She then walks over to the window that the wolf looked in and saw Jenna with Skya. She asked herself, “Did I miss something?”