"Where could they be, Paws?" asked a black wolf, "we've looked everywhere and not even a scent!"

A red-orange wolf replied, "I'm sorry, Litia, I tried to keep up with them but they are the fastest in the pack! Accually, Dusty stole a hare from Stranger and that's when the chase started. Your mate does have a bit of a temper. I think he was trying to kill Dusty. He cought him a couple of times and I think a few more in the Black forest. I found a pile dirt with blood stains in it. After I lost sight of them I followed their scent an it lead right to the river. They might've ran right of the cliff and into the wa-"

"Don't finish! i can't bear the thought of the two most important males in my life...dead!" the black she-wolf threw back her head and let out a short howl, "I don't believe my Stranger would try to murder his own son. Even with that temper  of his he's really a softy deep down. I hope they return soon...I already miss them!"

"This is serious! Even though it's your mates own fault that he and my nephew are missing," Paws back fur stood on end as he snarled, "You would still miss him after he murdered your pup?" his sisters eyes exploded with tears, the red-orange wolf hadn't relized he had been a little too harsh on the grieving mother, "if they ever came back i'd tear Stranger apart and give dusty his tail for a chew toy!"

"But if they ever came back....They've been missing for almost a full moon...." the black wolf sighed, "But if they ever came back Dusty probably wouldn't be a pup anymore....he'd be big and...muscular and...smart....."the black wolf cried, "but how can i even think that way if they both ran of the cliff! It's all my fault, I could've been a better mate..." she let out a long, sad howl.

"Oh, Litia..." he went to his sister and gave her a quick lick an the nose,"don't blame yourself. It'll only make your heart hurt worse..."

They sat there for a while, watching the sun set with its mutiple shades of pink and orange. Then the newly full moon rise. Both of them thinking what could've happened to their loved ones almost one month ago.

"Paws, what if they never come back?" Litia broke the peacful silence with her question. She pressed her head agaist her brothers chest fur.

"I don't know." Paws answered,"But  I hope they make it back before next full moon because Master Chubs isn't going to last much longer and i'd even have Stranger as leader of the pack as long as Ghost stays away from that position! The dolt can't even keep himself clean, how is he sopposed to keep the pack safe and well fed? And the he doesn't reall like anyone in the pack much except you and you already have a mate! everybody is in danger of him if he ever became leader."

The two siblings watched some full rain clouds swirl around the new moon as their lost loved ones fought the river's current for their very lives.