A/N sup boys and girls, sorry for the late update, the month of May kinda fucked me over with keeping me busy. Anyway, I don't want to keep you all busy so ill let you all get to reading this chapter, I hope you enjoy and I will see you all.

Jeremy followed right behind Kate as they headed to a large white tent a little off center from the middle of the clearing. Wolves were everywhere, doing various tasks from skinning fish to cleaning rifles and other equipment. Stalls and tents were set up to define what task was supposed to be performed at each area. The noise was deafening, it sounded like a million voices all talking at once. However, the closer Jeremy and Kate got to the center of clearing, the quieter it got. Jeremy noticed the wolves stop their various conversations and tasks and look in his direction.

Jeremy instantly grew self-conscious, he never liked being the center of attention. He reactively got closer to Kate to shield himself from the barrage of eyes, in doing so however, he accidently bumped into her. She looked back at him, and she must have seen the slightly terrified look he had. She raised an eyebrow and opened her mouth to speak, however she noticed the silence at the same time. She looked around, seeing the whole pack stare down Jeremy like a group of, well, enemies. She knew it wasn't their fault, seeing a human around had become so rare that the wolves had regained their cautious and almost hostile stance towards them.

She looked back at Jeremy and motioned with her hand that she wanted Jeremy to hurry. They walked quickly, almost power walking towards the tent. The entire time the group of eyes never left the pair. They turned into the tent, Kate making to shut the flap after they entered to avoid any more starrers and eavesdroppers. Jeremy released a sigh of relief now that they were in a secluded area. He had never enjoyed being the mass of attention but at that moment it was much worse. Not only did Jeremy not feel comfortable, he didn't feel safe either.

"Why did they look at us like that?" questioned Jeremy.

"I think they were just confused to see a human here, it rarely happens. Even our trading happens outside of our territorial borders. I wouldn't worry though, none of them will hurt you, especially if I'm around." She gave him a reassuring smile, then started to continue into the tent. Jeremy followed her. The deeper they went the hotter it got.

The sun seemed to be pelting the shelter with everything it had, and the air became very stuffy, almost to the point it was hard to breath. In the far corner of the tent stood a bed, bare of any blankets or sheets, and a pillow without a case resting on the head of the bed. Next to the bed stood a desk covered in different medical equipment, everything from clamps and bone saws to syringes and sponges. In front of it all stood a female wolf. "Come on" said Kate as she approached the she-wolf.

"Mother" said Kate in a greeting. The female wolf turned, a smile instantly placed on to her face at the sight of her daughter. "There you are, I was beginning to think you were never going to show up." Kate's mother than turned towards Jeremy.

"And you must be the Human Kate told me about. My name is Eve, wife to the pack leader Winston." Eve made sure to put emphasis into her position within the pack, almost as if trying to intimidate him. She stuck out her hand, yet Jeremy was not able to accept the hand-shake due to his still being bonded behind his back. Eve noticed this and drew her hand back in an over exaggerated form of disgust.

"Kate!" Eve rounded on her daughter. "Why is this young man tied up? Is that anyway to treat a guest." Kate, who had taken to sitting on the edge of the bed, shot up into a standing position. "Sorry mother" she quickly stated, running over to remove Jeremy's bindings. Jeremy gave a small thanks to Kate as she undid them. Jeremy felt even more scared in Eve's presence than outside. The quick and sudden out lash scared him beyond what he felt the other wolves were capable off. Eve again offered her hand, a smile once again on her face.

Jeremy grasped her hand firmly and quickly. He didn't want to hesitate and offend her. "Name's Jeremy" he said politely as they ended the hand-shake. Eve nodded with the same smile and motioned towards the bed that Kate was currently sitting on. "Lay down there and we will get you sorted out, Kate says she's afraid you might have gotten a concussion so I'm going to make sure you are A OK." Jeremy walked over to the bed and laid himself down. The bed was extremely soft, a little too soft in fact for Jeremy's liking as he sunk into the bed.

"Alright" said Eve as she started to fill a glass of water from a cooler next to the desk. "Have you felt dizzy at all, or maybe a headache?" she asked as she handed him the cup of water.

"Not really, I mean I don't know. My head hurts a little but it's not like a headache, I just feel the bruise from the fall I took last night." Jeremy sat up in the bed to drink from the cup, apricating the coolness as it ran down his dry throat. With how hot it was in the tent, it was a refreshing experience to have a drink.

"Any vomiting or nausea, memory loss?"

"No, I remember everything from last night, and I haven't felt sick at all."

"Hmmm, well then" said Eve as she took the empty glass from Jeremy's hands. "You haven't shown any signs of a concussion, and there is very little, if any, swelling that I can see. Personally, I think your fine to-

"We should still keep him a few days mother, he could start to experience symptoms a little later down the road, its best to be sure." Ever since Kate and her team had saved Jeremy from the infected she had felt it her responsibility to look after him, at least until he was able to function effectively again on his own. She didn't want him dying because his mother had diagnosed him wrong or he started to experience threatening symptoms after he had been set free.

Eve looked towards her daughter for a few seconds before giving a nod. "I guess that would be the best form of action to take. Alright Jeremy, we are going to keep you around a day or two just to make sure you are in your best shape. Until then, I would appreciate it if you stayed close to Kate for the time being, some of the other wolves might not be too fond of your presences here. Now, if you would excuse me. Last night Jeff hurt himself again on his run, he got a nail stuck in his arm. I'll never understand how he manages to get hurt in the stupidest ways." Kate stood from the bed, Jeremy following suit.

As they went to exit the tent, Jeremy again got a little self-conscious. "I don't want all them staring at me again…" Kate shrugged in response.

"There isn't much to do about it, don't worry though we won't stick around. The far perimeter of our territory is a rather beautiful place with a lot of streams and trees and the likes so I'd figured we could stop there?"

"Alright, that sounds nice. Better than sticking around here" said Jeremy as he lifted the tent flap to see all the wolves still there, though they had gotten back to business.

"Come on" said Kate as she walked out, Jeremy making sure to follow close behind her. They turned and went back the way they came to enter the clearing, hurrying to avoid the eyes of the wolves as they did so. Once they had exited the clearing Jeremy got even to Kate instead of walking behind her and they started to head back down the trail they had walked a short while ago.

"So" Kate started as they continued down the trail. "Tell me about yourself, where do you come from?"

"Well" started Jeremy, recollecting his memories to tell Kate an accurate description about his past, since he figured she didn't just want to know where he came from. "I was born in Long Island, New York. It was just after the infection had started to spread, and civilization was still a bit intact. When I was just eight months old my parents decided that it would be safer to head across the country to the state of Wyoming, we had family there and they lived in a pretty secluded place so I guess they figured we'd be safe."

"Obviously, that didn't work out for us, and while we were driving through Pennsylvania we were stopped by a gang of bandits, I guess that would be the right name for them anyway. Apparently, they killed both my parents right off the bat, and took me in as their own. I spent the next six years with them, and they taught me a lot of what I know, from how to shoot a gun to how to hunt and everything in between. This included things that I really didn't want to know as well. I'll just say I learned how to be a brutal ass person, but I don't normally like to show it."

"Around seven years old I decided to run away. I knew they weren't good people and I didn't want to grow up like them. I couple days after running away, and starving to death, I came across the people I was in the city with. They took me in and they became a sort of family to me. I didn't fit in with most of them, but I still knew they had my back and I had theirs, so it worked out. I didn't really connect with any of them though, I've always kind of been the odd one out I guess."

"And that's pretty much it. It stayed like that until last night, so yeah" said Jeremy, realized how long he droned on and became slightly embarrassed.

"Wow" said Kate, a little in shock with how rough his upbringing had been, at least compared to hers. "You seem like a tough son of a bitch, I'll give you that" joked Kate. Both laughed as they continued down the trail.

"Thank you" he said between his laugh. "So, are we just heading back to the car you brought me here in or...?"

"Oh, shit sorry. I forgot what we were going to do, my bad. We should turn here, there is this one waterfall that goes down to a stream, but the mouth of the stream where the waterfall fills it is extremely pretty, I'm sure you would like to see it." The two turned down a trail that had been previously unknown to Jeremy, and they continued down it.

A/N well, there it is, Chapter number 3. It's a little short of a chapter compared to the others, but I think it's good. This and the past chapter were meant to show the backstory of both main characters, but next chapter the action will start to kick up I assure you. And It will be a normal length of around 3,000 or so words like the first two, since this one is only 2,000 words. Anyway, I hope you guys all enjoyed, please make sure to favorite, follow, and review, and make sure to PM me if you have a question. I don't login too much, but I will answer any PM's once I see them. Have a good one all, see ya soon!