Dove slowly walked to her home. She already had two pups and she would soon have another litter. The sky was clear and blue, though rain seemed to pour down upon her. She lifted her head and let out a mournful cry.

Glider soon accompanied her, but kept his distance. Mikomi and Kiku followed their grandfather. Kiku sat down next to his frightened sister. Rex prowled around the territory with an angry expression on his face.

The alpha heard the sorrowful howl and came at once, a concerned expression set deeply in his face. When he spotted the behaviour of the family, at once he feared something bad had happened. But if Dove was Ok and back here, what could of?

Like Glider, Vestige kept his distance from the femme and whined gently, "What happened?" Then Jagged appeared, out of breath and as soon as he saw the scene terror flashed across his face. "Dad, I..."

Vestige turned at once, with a face like Thunder, "What did you do?! I told you to go and find her and bring her back safely!" Jagged dipped his head, lapsing into silence.

Vestige turned back to face the mournful Dove, as he prepared himself for something horrible.

Dove looked at Vestige, but did not say a word. It was Glider who spoke up. "Vicious attacked..." He began, but found it almost too hard to finish. "Dove is going to have another litter soon." The father was worried about his daughter and her current litter of pups.

Kiku whined. He now knew why it was wrong for a pup to leave the pack by himself.

She had never made it there... she had... been detained. So she kept herself to a small clump of trees to the edge of the terra. Can't... can't... have to hide from it...

Dove shook her head. "It was not your fault. It was meant to be." She said softly, head down. "Just think of it this way - more of Risen's siblings on our side. That must be some good..."

The siblings came back to the Aspen Grove after hearing the news. They were now both a year old. Kuro stepped forward. "It does not change anything. The pups' personality depends on who raises them. If the Dark One raises them, they will be like him. If the Light One raises them, they will be like her." He said softly, sitting right next to the female.

Shiro watched as her brother attempted to calm Dove. She could not have put it a better way herself.

Sighing, Vestige nodded. "I suppose you are right. Yet, I'm worried. Vicious' offspring aren't always as simple as good or bad." He looked to the ground, in shame and thought but only saw through one eye. Risen had blinded one of them, and the dark red hole in his left eye would prove that.

"Just know this, Dove. We will stand by you. Always."