wanted, then that's what he was going to get. Before Max could start his try, a bloody female came out of the bushes near them, panting, and almost about to break into tears from pain. "Orlaith!" Brayden gasped, running over to her and catching her before she culd fall. "What happened!" "Red pack," the female panted. "They attacked our camp! Follow me!" Orlaith turned around and began to limp in the direction, with the others following. All five made it to camp and saw one large group of wolves full of different scents, colors, and sizes, forming into a ball of fur. Cristian gasped, and jumped in, and also began to fight. Maxwell & Brayden also jumped in, leaving Ashlee & Orlaith, for Orlaith's injury and Ashlee's safety. It didn't take too long until the Red pack started to run away, yelping with their tail between their legs. All of Blue pack began to howl and cry with joy. Maxwell walked over to Ashlee, and licked her forehead in a friendly way. "Are you alright, Ashlee?" Maxwell asked softly, worried about her. Ashlee smiled warmly at Maxwell. "I'll be alright, I'm not hurt," she said softly, and nuzzled him. Max's muscles tensed, and he stood very still. This wasn't a friendly nuzzle, it was much more... Max just waited for Ashlee to finish, and then he followed Brayden into Blue pack's den, Ashlee & Cristian side by side with each other.   "Maxwell? Max? Are you up?" Max's eye lids slowly opened, and he looked up, seeing Ashlee standing over him. He raised a brow at her, and yawned. "What is it, Ashlee?" he asked. "It's 2:00 a.m in the morning..." Ashlee blushed. "Well, Maxwell, I need to talk to you... alone... about something..." Maxwell kept his one brow raised and the other brow down. "How come you can just talk to someone else about it?" Max grumbled, his ears twitching, staring at Ashlee serious. Ashlee kept blushing. "I can't, or they'll laugh at me, and it's really none of their business until I talk to you about it first..." Max sighed, and got up. "Alright, let's go to the lake and talk about it then..." He yawned again, and began to lead Ashlee out of the den and into the woods. It was really quiet, and all you could here was crickets chirping and owls hooting. It kind of spooked Max out, like something was going to come out and grab him and Ashlee and shred them to bits. He caught a shiver in his spine while he thought of that. They sat down at the dock of the lake once they got their, and Maxwell faced Ashlee. "So," he yawned again. "What is it you have to tell me?" Ashlee sat down beside Maxwell. She looked at him, and then looked away, blushing again. "Well," she began. "There's someone I like in the pack, but I'm scared that he'll hurt me..." she sighed. Maxwell's ears twitched. "Well, I'm not an expert on love, but if someone liked me, I'd like if they would just say it out loud and not ask questions." Ashlee cracked a smile. "Oh... really?" she asked. "Because... I think..." Ashlee paused, her ears twitching too. She took a deep breath. "Because I love you..." she said so quietly, Maxwell had a hard time of hearing. Maxwell raised a brow at Ashlee. "Excuse me?" he asked. "I couldn't here you." Ashlee was sweating now. She opened her mouth to speak, but instead of saying something, she leaned over onto Maxwell and gave him a kiss on the lips. Max's eyes went huge.

Chapter Three

Max and Ashlee's kiss lasted for a long time, and Max looked super surprised and shocked about his situation. He was very confused about what was happening right now.

It seemed to him, that it felt so wrong to be kissing his own best friend, but then it felt so right...

Ashlee kept smiling when felt Maxwell get in a comfortable position and kiss her back.

They're lips parted, and they both stared into each other's eyes. They both blushed, and looked away from each other.

"Wow... this is kind of... awkward..." Max said quietly.

"Yeah..." Ashlee muttered back, lowering her ears.

Max looked at Ashlee again, and licked her on the cheek.

Ashlee smiled softly and nuzzled Max lovingly, and her tail began to wag excitedly and happily when Max nuzzled her back.

Ashlee looked up at Max, and sighed. "So let's say we head back to the cave?" she asked softly, wagging her tail.

Max shrugged. "Sure, I guess..." he said slowly, his ears twitching.

Ashlee kept smiling, and she rubbed noses with Maxwell. "I love you," she said sweetly with a cute grin. Maxwell blushed and rubbed his nose against her's also. "I love you too, Ashlee."

Maxwell & Ashlee got up, and they walked side by side like mates together, back to the den. Max and Ashlee knew that they're relationship was going to give them give dreams, as long as they didn't leave each other.

Once they got back to the den, before going inside, Ashlee faced Maxwell and nuzzled him again. "Promise you won't leave me, Max?" she asked, looking at him with sweet souled eyes.

Maxwell stared into those innocent, beautiful golden brown and blue eyes of hers, and smiled warmly. "I promise, love," he replied softly, nuzzling her again.

They both stared into each others eyes for a couple of seconds in silence, then they went into the cave and rested themselves beside each other away from the other wolves. They snuggled and licked and cuddled each other for a while, and then they quickly fell asleep, into good dreams...

"Alright, Max. I have been training you how to fight for two weeks. Now it's your turn to show me some moves you have."

Maxwell gulped, and nodded slowly. He was really nervous, hoping that his collie instincts wouldn't kick in and he actually wouldn't kill Brayden. He looked to his side and saw Ashlee, Lynnette & her three closest friends behind her, Dewayne, Dara, Cristian, Orlaith, and two random wolves sit down, forming a circle around him and Brayden, and watching closely. The other pack members were busy hunting & scouting, so these were the wolves that could watch.

Max looked over at Brayden one more time. He gulped one more time, and then leapt into the air and bit Brayden in the face.

Brayden went to go grab for Max's throat, but Maxwell dodged the attack and bit into Brayden instead. Brayden and slipped out of Maxwell's grip. He snapped at his neck again, and got it before Max could dodge again. Brayden lifted him into the air, and threw him to the ground with a loud and painful thud. Everyone stared in amazement.

Maxwell yelped, and rose to his feet, wincing with pain. He growled at Brayden, his eyes blood shot. He charged at Brayden and hit him in the side harder than he dropped him, knocking him over with a sharp yelp.

Maxwell's eyes went huge and he jumped back, thinking that he had killed him when Brayden wasn't moving at all. He was surprised when he saw Brayden rise to his feet.

Brayden stared hard at Maxwell, but his eyes softened, and he sighed. "You have fought well," he praised. "Your training is finished."

Maxwell smiled and wagged his tail. Dewayne, Cristian, Ashlee, Orlaith, & Brayden left, except Lynnette and her trio. Maxwell growled as all four approuched. "What do you want now!" he snapped. "You wanna fight too!"

Lynnette's ears twitched, but she spoke. "You fight very well for a mutt," she mumbled quietly. "We wanted to congratulate you for being an official member of the pack, finishing all of your training and all.

One of Lynnette's henchmen spoke. "Your a better fighter than Brayden is, I say!" He paused, and then blushed. "Oh, sorry. I hope Brayden didn't here that..."

Maxwell smiled warmly. "It's alright, Kelvin. I bet he wouldn't mind, since I think he's proud of me too," Maxwell puffed his chest out with pride. He also blushed and stopped with embarrassment. "I'm not trying to brag or anything, if that's what you guys are thinking..." Maxwell chuckled softly.

Lynnette just kept smiling. "It's alright, Maxwell," she laughed softly. She faced Kelvin and her two other friends. "Come on Kelvin, Amaya, Julie. Let's go!" Lynnette, Kelvin, and the other two wolves, Amaya & Julie, both females, then left.

Maxwell just kept smiling. Now he knew that he really did belong to this pack...

Maxwell's dreams all of a sudden disappeared, when he jerked awake to the snapping of a twig. He looked around and saw the whole pack asleep. It must be my imagination... thought Maxwell. He laid back down, and went to fall asleep, but something come to the corner of his eyes.

Maxwell looked up, and looked outside. He got a chill down his spine. He knew nothing could be wrong though. It was too cold and late for someone to be out at this time. When Max looked outside, he saw that it was a blizzard and pitch black, and he figured that it wouldn't go away until the next morning. It sure made him freeze to death though. He was already feeling numb. He froze and his muzzle's tensed when he suddenly saw a brownish-tan figure walking through the blizzard, and walking into the den, looking around at the other wolves sleeping. It wasn't a wolf from there pack, or any other pack he at least knew.

Maxwell could tell that it was a female by it's sweet scent. It was much bigger than he was, but Max guess that this female wolf was still around the same age as him.

The brown and tan female studied all of the wolves in the pack for a moment, then she finally began to approuch him cautiously. Max's hackles rose as he curled around Ashlee, ready to protect her. The brown female jumped back and stared with wide and frightened eyes at me.

"Stay away from my mate, or I'll