thought, buried the young wolf with a heavy heart. Picking up the rose that had her blood on it, he laid it on top of her grave and went back to his owner’s house… never once looking back.

Once again, he was the cold-hearted arrogant lead dog racing husky, despised by all… perhaps now, even by himself. He waits until that day to come when he will finally join her and be at peace. To begin something that could not be in their former lives.

But had Steele looked back, he would have seen the morning light shine upon the garden. The colors of the roses have changed. The roses furthest away from the grave were still a pure white. Getting closer, one would see the white roses changing to yellow, symbolizing the times when the maiden was younger. The little pup then had offered her husky friendship, which is what a yellow rose stands for. Going closer, one would see a field of pink roses. It symbolized the times in her teenage years, when she would gaze shyly at her mentor and wonder what this feeling inside her heart is. A pink rose symbolized a growing fondness. Then as one reached the grave itself, they would see the single rose Steele left on it. It was, without a doubt, the most beautiful of the roses. There was only one in the entire field and that only made it all the more precious. It was a red rose. Its beautiful scarlet color came from the blood of the she-wolf, unlike the other roses that sprung from the wolf’s blood that seeped into the ground. Its magnificent color symbolized love. The young wolf loved her Forna fully and unconditionally, thinking only about his own welfare instead of her own. The beautiful wolf marien[4]was buried in a field of roses.

THE END

[1] Forna—the wolf term for friend, dearest, or, for formal address such as wolf packs, lord.

[2] Kai—wolf word for “yes” “understood” and so on.

[3] Lo-akan—wolf term for “parent” or “parents” if plural

[4] Marien—Wolf term for “maiden” “lass” “young woman”