Zena snapped and she attacked Waya. Waya ran through the forest, but she wasn't fleeing. Zena snarled and sped after Waya, attacking her heels..."I'm going to kill you!" she barked at Waya.

Waya ran fast and clean out of the territory. She did not want to attract attention to the fight that was sure to happen. She looked behind her. Zena was about two tail-lengths(2 feet) away from her. She sped faster. Her chest pained her, her heart feeling as if it were about to burst. She pushed harder and leaped out of the brush to a cliff.

Waya reached the cliff edge and looked down at a hundred foot drop. She grimaced at the rushing river below. She backed away from the edge and looked behind her. zena wasn't there. She had a bad feeling; Zena wasn't one to give up eaisly.

She went to turn around and got caught by fangs. She yelped as Zena had leaped from the shadows and wrapped her powerful jaws on her neck and throat; closing her wind-pipe up slowly. Her fate was sealed.

Waya struggled against her fangs, but she only crushed down harder and she gagged as her breath almost stopped.

Zena smiled and was going to make Waya suffer. Zena clamped her jaws harder on Waya's throat and neck, trying to snap her neck. Blood covered her face and lips. She growled and sank here fangs deeper in. Waya whimpered, her wind-pipe closing. Blood covered her throat, chest and neck. Zena smiled, allowing her to struggle, but only closing tighter.

Waya snarled. She then used all her strength and tore away from Zena's fangs. She then grabbed her leg and tossed her to the ground. Her fangs bared at Zena. Zena snarled and stood up. She wasn't going to lose her place beside Truck. She ran at Waya and as Waya went to avoid her Zena slammed herself into Waya's side.

Waya tumbled down cliff and fell onto a ledge below the cliff edge. She tumbled toward the rushing river below. Luckily there was a ledge before the river below.

Zena smiled and was about to turn away, but the ground under her paws gave way and she tumbled head over heels after Waya. Zena fell over the edge. She dug her claws into the solid rock of the cliff face. She snarled and clung to the edge of the cliff. She looked below, it was about a fifty foot drop to the river.

Zena growled and scanned the cliff face for Waya. There she was, she was laying a few feet away from the ledge.

Waya got up and walked toward Zena. Zena's claws scraped on the edge and she slipped a bit. "Please, help me! I'm slipping!" she pleaded and as she fell, Waya grabbed her scruff and pulled her up on the ten foot ledge. She then let her go.

Zena doubled over, thinking of what might have happened if Waya ahd not grabbed her. "Oh, thank you. Thank you. Sucker!" she yelled and grabbed Waya's leg and threw her over the edge. As Waya was thrown she grabbed Zena's shoulder and tossed her over her shoulder.

Zena smashed into Waya's back, and fell all the way into the river; to her death. Waya watched Zena fall into the river, her howl as she plunged into the river still echoing on the cliff faces. Waya stared as Zena was struggling to keep her head above the water, but she was forced below the rushing water and Zena never surfaced..again.

Waya shivered and she climbed back up on the ledge. She whimpered at her wounds and she climbed back up the cliff. When her paw reached the edge of the cliff, she surprisingly felt fangs on ehr paw and she dragged onto the cliff. She looked up to see a black and brown mixed wolf glaring down at her.

"You killed Zena." he snarled.

Waya lowered her eyes and her tail. "I didn't mean to! S-she tried to kill me! I-I didn't--" she got interuptted by a calm voice.

"Relax, Dagger is just giving you a hard time." It was Truck. He smiled at Waya and Waya couldn't help but smile back. "I'm glad your okay." he said and nuzzled Waya.

Waya was about to nuzzle him back, but her body fell and she felt the ground hit her side. Her eyes immediantly closed. The only thing she could hear were familar cries in the air.

"Waya!"

"Sister! Waya!"

"Waya, stay with us!"

"Don't die!"

..."Okay, pick her up gently."

She felt her body being gingerly picked up and placed onto a body. She sighed.

It was about five minutes later before she heard more voices.

"Set her down easy."

"Put her in the den. Lets get her mended."

"Stay with us, Waya. Don't die."

Waya's world finally went silent..

Two Days Later...

Waya woke up to a soft lick on her scarred throat. She whimpered and opened her eyes slightly. She saw Truck looked down at her. She smiled and blushed. She felt another lick on her head, between her ears. She saw Aiden's eyes glowing brightly. Waya nuzzled him.

"You gave us quite a scare." Truck said and stared at her.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I had to kill Ze--" she started, but was interuptted.

"You need not be sorry. She choosen her fate when she had framed you." Truck said to her.

Waya smiled. She felt paws under her side move. Aiden stood up and licked her cheek. "Well, I'll go make sure everyone knows that you are alive." Aiden said and turned away, but stopped at the entrance. He looked at Truck and motioned to Waya and winked before walking out of the den.

Waya's ear flicked. She looked back at Truck. "What was that about?" she asked.

"Um..well." he cleared his throat. "Waya, you know that we do not have an alpha female. Well, you don't have to answer right away, you don't even have to answer at all, but I was wondering if," he swallowed nervously.

Waya smiled, as if saying "yes" to a question he had not even spoken yet.

"you would think about..um..becoming my alpha female..I mean, becoming my..uh..mate." he whispered lowly and his face turned red.

Waya couldn't help but wag her tail. "I will." she said with a smile and tossed a paw around his neck and hugged.

Truck smiled widely, his teeth showed. He hugged her in return. "Thank you." he said gleefully.

Waya stood up. She swayed and Truck helped her stay still. She smiled and they both walked out of the den.

Unexpectedly the den entrance was surrounded with the ten wolves of the LupisTooth pack.

"All hale Waya!! ALL HALE OUR NEW ALPHA FEMALE!" The pack went up in a chorus of howls.

Another howl went up and it soared through the territory and beyond.

The howl echoed further than before, and the wolves silenced. They all nodded to their new alphas and left them alone for the night.

Waya nuzzled Truck and he returned it. She saw him move and she grinned slightly. She flicked her tail over instinctivly and she felt the weight on her back. Their leadership and relationship sealed forever...

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