“Well you’re back aren’t you now. And now that you are…” he looked around at the other wolves surrounding us, “Attack them all”

 

            All the wolves jumped in at once, I counted ten. I heard the yelps and whines of Kay and Leva, and felt the bite and claws of the wolves that attacked me. I snarled loudly and shook them off. I went first for the wolves that attacked Leva. I sunk my fangs into their heads and clawed at their eyes. The other wolves were still attacking me still clawing at my back and head. I continued to help Leva grabbing her scruff and throwing her into shrubs. After that the wolves on my back pinned me down. I struggled under them trying to throw them off but there was to many of them on me.

 

            Just as I was about to stop struggling and lay there I felt the weight of the wolves sweep of my back. I looked up and saw Kay tearing brutishly at them. He was knocking away their attacks moving quicker than I had seen any wolf move in a while. I was almost afraid to jump in and help but I did anyway. It was not long than the bodies of our attackers struggled on the ground. Only then did I notice Leva. She was chocking on her blood, a hole torn in her throat. I then turned and looked at Kay who was standing over the wolf that called the wolves to attack. He was whimpering under Kay who had blood pouring from his muzzle and teeth. His claws and the fur near them were soaked as well.

 

            “Oh man, don’t, common man, I’m sorry,” begged the wolf under Kay in mercy. Kay said nothing ripped a hole in his neck still growling furiously. I stepped away from Kay whose expression changed from complete anger to sadness as he ran over to Leva.

 

            “Leva!” Kay shouted now in tears. He put his paw over the hole in her neck trying to stop the blood but it was useless.            

 

“K-Kay,” Leva struggled to speak.

 

“What is it?” he whimpered.

 

“Am I going to die,” she muttered.

 

I stepped back, her question jerked at me.

 

Kay shook his head and lied, “N-n-no Leva, were still gonna make it to the Pease Lands, no war, no fighting, and plenty of food”

 

Leva smiled back up at him and licked his muzzle, “I love you, Kay,” she said making one final choke.

 

“I love you, too, Leva.” Kay cried now, and he licked her back. I bowed my head down and turned away.

 

 

 

            The time passed slowly that night and Kay didn’t stop crying for a second of it. Occasionally he wretched, from the lack of breathe mixed with the sight of Leva dead in his paws. I let him, not being bothered by it at all, he needed to do it. I had gotten rid of the bodies that Kay torn apart in revenge saving meat from them for him to eat when he could.

 

            Instead he lay there driven so far into depression and rage I was worried he would snap. Behind his tears his eyes stared cold and hardened. His face was strait and unchanging. It was when I noticed all this that he stood up still looking forward. He stepped over Leva and began to dig a hole next to her. I slowly stood up and approached making a large circle around Kay so he could see it was me coming. I looked at him and began to help throw the dirt from the hole he started. He never looked back but I saw his eyes, the tears had stopped but they remained cold and lifeless. I turned away from him and saw Leva’s body laying there, her eyes still open. Her eyes matched Kay’s pale, cold, hard, and lifeless.

 

            Kay started to mumble something but I couldn’t hear him. He seemed to be talking to himself so I didn’t question what he was saying. Slowly the mumbles got louder and I realized he wasn’t talking he was singing to himself. Not a howl but an actual song.

 

Just look at yourself, can you see where you are? Look at yourself, now you can't hide he scars. Just look at yourself 'cause there's nowhere to go. And you know….

Tomorrow; you’re gonna have to live with the things you say. Tomorrow; you’ll have to cross bridges that you burned today. Tomorrow; and everything you do, it's coming back for you. You’ll never outrun what waits for you tomorrow.

 

            He sang it quietly but I could understand it, and I felt the sadness in it. I fell to the ground in the dirt we dug up and chocked on a lump in my throat trying to hold back tears. I had no idea why it was happening or how, but his song gave me sadness. I spoke up carefully, “What are you doing, Kay”

 

            “What the hell does it look like,” he looked up at me angrily.

 

            I stepped back and he continued to speak, “I’m digging a grave.”

 

            I shook my head and stepped forward, “No, not that, the song.”

 

            “Well you said it yourself Pivot. I’m singing a song. Is that too confusing for you to understand or something.”

 

            I was tempted to snap at the comment but I resisted and just shook my head. “Well than can I go back to digging?” he snarled. I nodded and walked back behind him and laid down watching him.

 

            He finished the hole after several more hours but would not put Leva in it. I stood back up and approached him again. “If you’re going to put her to rest you need to do it now,” I said.

 

            He turned and looked at me and nodded, sadness in his eyes again. I helped him lower her down into the hole and cover the body. The process only took about an hour with my help and when we finished he walked slowly to the meat I saved for him and ate. I watched him eat as I smoothed the dirt we buried Leva under.

 

            He ate very slowly, thoroughly chewing his food. His eyes were still hard and lifeless staring off into the sky. I approached his slowly and laid down in front of him. “I should tell you I’m sorry, I feel like this is all my fault.”

 

            Kay turned his attention to me a shook his head, “Don’t worry Pivot, it’s not. It’s mine. I shouldn’t have run away from Arson in the first place. If I didn’t none of this would be happening.”

 

            I looked down and huffed. “Don’t blame yourself Kay; it will only make things worse for yourself. And who is Arson anyway?”

 

            He turned away and explained, “Arson was our packs higher. He was newly into power in our pack and nobody but his posse wanted him there. He was a horrible leader, forcing mating, fighting, pups training, and killed those who disagreed with him. He also killed off any who got injured to remove weakness, not matter how old or young. Well my parents were in a rebellion to take him down. So, my parents along with the parents of other wolves attacked at a rally, for us “New Fighters”, trying to assassinate him.  Well, what they didn’t plan on was the fact that their children were taken from birth so didn’t recognize their parents. Thus, Arson pitched the “New Fighters” against their parents who refused to fight back. It was a massacre, and I ended up killing my father who was one of the few who stayed alive through the fight. I was lost and had no idea of what to do. Well, I did the childish thing and ran away from my fears.”

 

            I interrupted, “Don’t worry, I’ve ran too, but for a different reason, I’ll tell you when your done with your story”

 

            Kay nodded and continued, “Then after I ran, I guess Leva followed me, but I thought it was someone else at first so just kept running as fast as I could. I don’t remember exactly how, but I ended up knocked out and woke up under a tree’s roots Leva standing over me. She told me not to speak and led me to a strange marked tree den where her father was. There he told me about something called the Pease Lands. And, that’s how it got to this, we were in search of them, but there’s no point now, she’s gone.”

 

            I looked at him for a while and he looked back at me, “Kay, you may have lost Leva, but you can’t just stop here, what will you even do?”

 

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