It’s the year 1929 and its mid-winter. It’s been Balto’s heroic deeds in Nome and everything in Nome is perfect, sled dogs were delivering mails and people celebrate holidays without any fatal diseases that worries them.

The sun was ascending in the sky to its highest point its mid-morning , in the snow-covered wilderness of Alaska a fully grown female adult wolfdog sat on a top of a snowy hill, looking down at her packmates who were happily talking to each other some were nuzzling, some were laughing and some were playing in the snow one of the omegas wolves approach a 5 month old pup “Hey can I join you, guys?” the omega asked the pups, “yeah sure!!” one of the pups immediately replied in joy, then they all charge at the omega wolf it was as if they’re prey, The gray wolfdog was about to laugh when suddenly she heard a voice call her

“Alphess!” the female wolfdog perked her ears up, she stand up then turn around she saw one of the wolves that scouts the border of their territories “Alpha Aleu we have spotted three wolves in our borders we have already surround them to keep them from escaping, they seem to be calm wolves I think you take a look at them.”

“Very well lead the way”  Aleu replied the scout bowed his head then trotted to the snowy forest with the alpha running behind him. The wolf turn around only to see Aleu running behind him just checking if she didn’t catch up he will have to run slower *but that’s impossible* he thought * she’s Balto’s daughter the wolfdog who saved the children of Nome* he reminded himself, he heard about Balto’s deeds from the birds especially owls and eagles, those birds were always the one who are assigned to go to Nome and to report Aleu about the town’s status especially her parents and her siblings.

Soon they arrived at the Southeast border of their territory in the bird’s eye view bushes and high hills like small mountainous regions dotted the territory that marks the boundaries and with high hills this serve as the scouts position when they were sitting at the top looking at the lands for any sign of danger or intruders.

Aleu approach the circle of wolves that they formed for the intruder, she cleared her throat for the wolves to make a space for her, her eyes open wide as she saw a handsome black and gray wolf, she cleared her throat again “Who are you?” she asked as calmly as possible

The elder wolf a scruffy and ragged gray and black wolf with long tuft in his chin took a tiny step forward and bowed at her in respect “My name is Lycaon and this are my two sons, Sokyl” he nodded to the gray and black wolf who looks just like Lycaon except for the black mane in his forehead  “and Lykos” he nodded towards the black and gray wolf .

“May I ask why are you here?” she asked

“We came here to rejoin the pack” he replied

The younger scouts gasped in surprise while the other older scouts gasped in joy they look at each other  “Could it be?” someone said “They’ve returned” someone concluded in a low whisper that Aleu heard and perked her ears towards the voice in the scouts almost silent conversation.

“Rejoin?” she said with a shock in her voice.

“Yes you see I was force to leave the pack by Nava because of Niju, when my sons were just pups Niju had a plan to kill them both because one of them were going to be the future alpha of the clan since Nava doesn’t have a mate nor a pup and his beta is old and going to die soon, Niju heard this and he was furious determine to kill my sons we couldn’t stop him because he use to sneak around in the night and often bite someone just to get out of their sight or escape in the den so Nava decided to forcefully let us leave in the clan and he promised that we will rejoined once Niju become less evil, but… well since Niju was not in the pack anymore well its time for me and my sons to rejoin the clan”

“But how do you know that Niju’s not her anymore?” she asked

“Nava appeared in my dreams and….” Lycaon was about to tell something but then Aleu began to continue his sentence. “you mean Nava’s…..dead?!” she gasped

“Unfortunately…yes but do not fret, Alphess, for he had led a full life and he was old, and his ready to leave the clan in your hands, because he believe in you, Aleu” Lycaon said in a calm voice to her that reminds him of Nava so elderly and raspy but calm and gentle.

Aleu lowered her head slightly and sadly then a voice said “Lycaon speaks the truth he never lies for he is a spiritual wolf just like Nava and I think that he had the right to be a member of the High Council” Aleu raise her head slowly then look at the wolf who was speaking, it was Bartok a dark red wolf who was leading the scouts in Aleu’s Clan: Crystal Light Clan. The scouts nodded in agreement in their leader’s idea.

“Well Lycaon… As the current alpha of the clan I hereby allow you three to rejoin the pack, but first may I ask about the skills that one of your sons will offer?” she asked

“well Lykos here is a good at hunting while Sokyl here is good at healing” Lycaon replied “very well then Bartok” he called the dark red and white wolf, Bartok approach her and bowed in respect.

“Yes, Alphess”

“give our new members a tour of our new territory” she ordered Bartok once again bowed before approaching their old members of their clan. “follow me, sir” he said then the four departed, Aleu look at the scouts and approach them they all bowed in respect “good job guys” she said to them with a smile “now go back to work” the scouts bowed down again before she trotted towards the top of the hill, then the snow fall from the sky, then she thought about Lykos the handsome black and gray wolf that she found him interesting and attracting a small smile was beginning to form in her face.

Hours passed…

The sun finally reach its highest point in the sky signaling that it was noon, the time that they need to hunt, the land was covered with snow and it will be difficult for the wolves to hunt, so more than half of the hunter wolves population need to go out and hunt for food, Aleu was still seating at the hill watching her packmates lazily when suddenly she heard a howl, it was not a howl when they saw danger, it was a howl that signaling them that hunter wolves were finish hunting judging from the tone of the wolf’s howl it was like cheerful and happy, so she jump off the hill then trotted towards the place where the hunters put their prey for the pack to eat, As Aleu arrived at her destination, she gasped as she saw a fully grown caribou and a smaller one a  black and brown wolf approach her wit a sly smile “Ah I can see your surprised, Alphess” he said

“Yes, Dalton, and wow good job this is the first time that we ever caught two animals it was amazing and impressive” she said in complete awe at her pack’s hunting skills Dalton the lead hunter chuckled “well thanks to our new member of our clan, Lykos, well if not hadn’t been him the pack would probably eat less amount of food though we always experienced that during winter but still I miss the large amount of food that we ate I gotta admit, Alphess, I hate to be skinny” he chuckled “hmm I see showing off for the females huh?” she smirked at him then Dalton step back in embarrassment “well.. I… no, Alphess…” he stammered “oh c’mon, lover-boy, admit it” she said then walk pass him to approach the carcass she ripped off a large piece in the caribou’s belly then turn around and walk towards her den suddenly there multiple sounds of crunching of snow as their others members of their pack jump from the bushes in joy towards the caribou they’ve been hungry for hours and finally they’ll taste warm fresh blood. As Aleu cautiously passing by her excited packmates, she spotted Lykos, she stop and look at his golden and blue eyes, Lykos too stop and look at her yellow and blue eyes they stay like that for a half a minute that they didn’t notice that they were smiling until they notice each other’s smile in their face, Lykos look away recovering his pose then walk towards the prey that they hunted earlier Lykos sighed *I hope she doesn’t have a mate* he thought desperately ever since he saw her, his heart pump quickly and madly and he knew what kind of feeling is this: Love

Aleu then arrived at her den, her den used to be filled with flowers before but right now they were covered with thick layer of snow. She enter the Alpha’s cave which is large than any other cave located in the territory that she found and defended for almost to years for she had been the leader of the clan when she was just a yearling but now she was a three year old wolfdog who no longer complain like a puppy about life’s not being unfair nor being like the center of attention anymore, no she had grown to be mature learning the ways of the wild, leading a once small pack of roughly thirteen wolves now twenty-five. She sighed as she remembered memories from the past two years that she led the pack she sighed and mostly don’t wanna think about it because most of it were horrible and disturbing to recall because some wolves were against her but she was lucky that she somehow prove them that he’s worthy to become an Alpha of the clan which they finally accept, she sighed then rest her head on