walking. Even she didn’t know exactly of where the one she was searching at, she just knew that she would meet it sooner or later.

"Maybe…," she thought again, "I should check that boiler room."

Without any last thought, she ran through the thickness of snow that still at the ground. Running faster, she hoped Kodi was in there, still waiting and resting from the wound.

"Kodi…," she said, looking through the door.

She looked around and found that nobody was in there, just an empty room. Disappointed, she began leaving that place only to know she was too late. She hung her head, turning around and walking without looking which way she went.

"What are you doing at here?" someone said from behind.

"Huh?" Lani thought, starting to turn around.

 

Behind her, Kodi was standing with some bandages that wrapped around his body, gazing at her while wondering something. The way his act, she could tell that he was fine by looking him, even the wound seemed a little bad.

"Kodi?" she looked surprised, "I was searching you. I thought you had left."

"Searching me?" Kodi asked, wondering the reason, "Why?"

"Nothing," Lani replied, smiling, "Just to check your condition."

"I’m fine," Kodi answered, "There is nothing to worry about."

He began walking slowly, away from Lani that was still standing in worry. Stepping the snow, his only destination now was to get some rest from what he called home by the time he was adopted.

"Are you sure?" Lani asked, considering his wound, "Your father seemed so worry when he told it."

"I said I’m fine," Kodi replied in high tone, "You don’t have to worry me!"

Lani backed away suddenly by the time she was hearing it. The reply was so hard and unexpected for her to be accepted, even for the one who she thought as a friend. She hung her head, a look of sad came from her face.

"Sorry…," Lani said, turning around slowly, "Sorry for disturbing you."

With it, she was running away, far from Kodi to hide her disappointment of what she had thought earlier. She just thought it would be nice to greet her friend that was in trouble, but that proved her effort was in vain.

"What have I done?" Kodi thought, starting to feel guilty, "I shouldn’t mad at her."

He was thinking hard at what he had said to her, making her to be pointless of coming and greeting him. She just wanted to care, but he destroyed it all by doing it. He wanted so much to fix it completely, asking for forgiveness of his deep words.

"Lani!" he yelled, hoping that she could hear him, "Lani, wait!"

He was running hard, breathing so hard and quick just to call her. The night was silent by the time he was yelling, echoing the little town just to say one name. But, even his voice was so loud, still, Lani couldn’t be found anywhere. What he could see now was just snow and darkness.

Panting and exhausted, he slowly turned around without glancing back. He started walking, thinking hard of what he had done to his friend. The only thing he wanted was nobody would think he was weak just because little wound, but it then became a misunderstanding.

"I’m so sorry, Lani…," he thought as soon as turning away.

 

"Good morning, Balto," Alex greeted, smiling, "Or maybe I should say almost afternoon."

"What?" Balto seemed confused, "What do you mean?"

He slowly woke up, rising from his deep sleep into the new day. Looking around the sky, he just realized that he passed out now, waking up late due to the incident yesterday. He almost couldn’t get out it from his mind, even he wanted to, but his head insisted to know about it.

"You sure were tired back then," Alex looked at him, "If it wasn’t, you would wake up early than this one."

Balto just laughed for hearing the comment, yawning from his sleep to reveal that he still needed some rest. But, instead of doing it, he chose to wake up, opening his eyes in order to see his son again. Now, he considered more about the safety of his family, whether it was important or not. Walking down slowly, he prepared himself to go to the town, glancing at it for a while.

"Thank you for waking me up, Alex," he said, gazing to the town, "Now, I need to pay a visit to my family."

"You’re welcome," Alex replied, "By the way, be careful out there."

"I will," Balto answered back.

Without wasting time, he moved towards, heading to the town where his family had gathered around from early this morning. He just hoped that everything would be going usual like it was used to be.

"I should check on something…," Alex thought, looking at Balto who was still running, "I hope everything is fine."

 

Balto slowly entered the town, walking while looking it. By the time he was doing it, he could see the street wasn’t filled with the crowd again due of what the time was now. He thought he could see more, but something attracted his attention from far away in front of him. It was his son, Kodi, who was running to his direction. The look of his face told him that something wasn’t going normal, or at least, something had happened when he was sleeping back then.

"Dad…," Kodi yelled, panting hard, "Dad…"

"What’s wrong, Kodi?" Balto asked, confused.

"Dad, he is back…," Kodi answered.

"He?" Balto seemed more confused at the statement.

"The one who attacked me," Kodi replied, serious in his eyes, "And now, he almost attacked mom."

"Oh, no…," Balto thought, starting to worry, "This is what I afraid about."

Balto then rushed away, running in full speed in order to check Jenna, his lovely mate. He didn’t care everything now, just running and running without paying attention of what happened around him. Fear had taken him completely by the time he was thinking about his family, afraid of losing everything he had struggled for.

"Oh, Jenna…," he thought, worrying her condition, "I hope nothing bad is going to happen to you."

Still rushing, he could see some dogs were gathering around just like yesterday when Kodi had an incident. He stopped slowly while walking, entering the room which was filled with the crowd. He tried to make his way to inside, creeping around the dogs that were still standing at there until clearly, he found that Jenna was fine, laying down with some friends.

 

"Jenna…," Balto started in worry, "Are you okay?"

Seeing Balto, Jenna felt very happy with smile across her face, glad to know he was alright, even she wasn’t doing well. They began to nuzzle each other, showing to everyone how strong their love was.

"I’m fine, Balto," Jenna answered, "You don’t have to worry about me."

"But…," Balto wanted to argue, but quickly turned away, "Okay, how it can happen?"

Jenna suddenly felt uneasy in her heart, revealing the truth made her words became gaps. She took a deep breath before telling everything.

"I don’t know for sure, but…," Jenna explained, hesitated, "The only thing I remember is I was knocked out of my head. Then, everything was black."

"Dad…," Kodi suddenly interrupted, "I saw him. It was the one who attacked me and he was trying to hurt mom too. Luckily, I and my friends spotted his action."

"Then…," Balto said, demanding the rest, "Where is he?"

"He just ran away," Kodi answered, "I’m sorry I can’t capture him."

Thinking hard, Balto felt a heavy pressure, both in his mind and his body. Yesterday was enough, but today was more than enough to force him to find who would be responsible for endangering his family.

He began walking out slowly, making his final decision. Gritting the teeth, every dog in there could see clearly that he would be going to find the attacker. Anger in his mind had changed him into someone different, something like wolf.

 

"Balto…," Jenna called, standing, "Where are you going?"

"I’m going to get him," Balto answered, angry, "He must pay what he has done."

"No…," Jenna replied, yelling at him, "Please, Balto…"

Before she could say anything more, Balto went out and disappeared through the crowd. The last thing she knew was he would never stop unless he finished what was happened before. Instead of becoming quiet, she quickly turned her gaze to Kodi.

"Kodi…," she said in worry, "Please, go after your father. He might be in danger."

"Okay, mom…," Kodi replied, rushing after his dad.

Jenna now could only hope, wishing something bad wouldn’t happen to Balto. Looking to the sky, she wanted it was just a dream, but even it was, it would become the nightmare.

 

Running and rushing, Balto was heading to the beach now, a place where the first incident was happened. He still could remember what the wolf was saying, almost like threatening him if he didn’t come directly.

Close and closer, he could see the beach with waves that were rolling and flowing hard. He stopped then, observing around to make sure someone was out there, waiting from hidden place. Slowly, he took step by step while looking around.

"I know you’re there," he shouted to nowhere, "Show yourself."

At first, there was just silent with nobody around, but suddenly, behind him, three black wolves appeared in evilly grin with their sharp eyes, glaring deeply at Balto. They began gritting their teeth, showing to him that they would never give mercy to anyone who supposed to be their victim. Slowly, they moved towards to him, stepping carefully.

"So, at last…," one wolf said, "You come."

"And now…," another wolf added, glaring at him, "We can eliminate you."

"Wait…," Balto interrupted, confused, "What do you mean?"

Before he could react, they attacked him fiercely with no mercy. For this, he tried to avoid each of their moves towards him without knowing the true reason of why they wanted to kill him. A slash came at first, but luckily, it missed him while running away. Each of them seemed to have one purpose, and for that, he truly must evade in hurry or else, he would be end in this place.

"Woah…," he thought, "It almost hit me."

He tried hard to avoid, but it looked like they was getting him close and closer than before. One wolf unleashed a jump behind

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