"I love it; it's perfect..." Rex said, leaning over to lick the tiny gray pup. "I just can't believe the only way we will be able to keep the pups is if we train them to hate good, and love evil..." Rex said, shaking his head in sorrow and disbelief.
Jargo dropped what he was carrying: It was a sack, old, torn, tattered, and obviously burried. Jargo tipped it over and it's contents spilled across the den floor. Bones; the skull of a dog, along with several ribs, and a backbone. Jargo wept more as a piece of wood slid out. On it was an engraving of a beautiful young female dog, obviously engraved by a talented dog's teeth.
Melanie's face hardened, her eyes turning cold. "We aren't." She snarled, "I don't care what he does to me! They will never be trained that way!!" She snarled, her body fierce.
Harli's eyes widened. "What in the world Jargo?" Her voice was soft. She dropped beside him, looking deep into his eyes.
(I won't!! Sounds so creepy, yet so interesting!!)
Jargo's eyes were full of pain. He stood up, but he didn't have his normal Alpha-dog carriage; he was slumped over, in they pose of a grieved dog. "She was my old mate... Cherry." he said slowly.
Rex smiled at her determination, but he was thinking inside. Thinking hard. Suddenly, without saying a word, he leaped up and vanished into the darkness, leaving Melanie alone with the pups.
Harli's face went soft, but her eyes were as cold as ice. He doesn't love me as much as he still loves her. She spat to herself.
Jargo looked at Harli. "Endigo... he killed her. I was leading the pack into war, and he took her and said that he would kill her if I moved. I ran forward to comfort her... and he crushed her skull with his jaws... I remember the look in her eyes as he did that: pain, fear, confusion." He looked down at his paws. "When you and Endigo were fighting... I just couldn't stop imagining that... she was just like you, and when Endigo hurt you the way he did earlier, I was worried... so worried. I know that he will kill you, too." Jargo began to sob. "And, I know you probably hate me now, and I guess I'll accept that; I just wanted to keep you safe... from him..."
Harli froze. Her thoughts swirled. She couldn't stop them. Closing her eyes, she tucked her head under his neck. "Jargo, I-I'm, I'm so sorry. I was horribly rude, and was being so stupid."
