“Please, Balto. You mustn’t leave…” Jenna moved closer, nuzzling him, “Don’t you always say you can handle everything?”

          At this rate, the brown wolf didn’t know what to do. His mind was telling him to let her go, but his heart said different things. But the most important was that he must do what became the priority.

          “I’m not going anywhere, Jenna. I’ll be in your heart…” Balto started, “So… I’m so sorry… Jenna…”

          Without any warning from him, Balto quickly smacked Jenna’s head, making his mate fell unconsciously. She lied down motionless, but still breathed. Boris who saw this grew in panic.

          “Balto, what are you…” he exclaimed, but soon stopped when he saw Balto’s eyes full of tears, “Well, perhaps it’s better like this…”

          The situation around was still silent. No one spook, only moving themselves to their destination. Luka and Reina could only step forward, climbing down the stairs and waiting Balto to join them soon. And for Balto, he didn’t move a little bit after smacking Jenna. He felt guilty, but he knew it was for her good. Seeing his mate for the last time might help him to cherish his beautiful memory.

          “Okay, time to move out!” Boris suddenly started, getting to Balto’s back, “C’mon, Balto! What are you waiting for? The journey is already waiting for us.”

          “Us?” Balto confused, “I don’t get it. I thought you don’t want to take the journey. You know, with all of those dangerous things out there…”

          “But, Balto… You know I must take care of you since you’re still kiddo…” Boris explained, “And plus, consider this trip as letting me go freely from Muk and Luk. So, if you don’t mind, wake me up when we’re there.”

          With those last statements, he then rested himself at top of Balto. Balto’s smile slowly grew wide. He thought Boris could always cheer the atmosphere around, making the worst became the best. His worry suddenly disappeared for a while. Now, he just needed to do this journey with his new friend, Luka and Reina. He hoped it would be good.