Steele P.O.V

"Leave me alone, I'll heal without your help," the wolf snarled, exposing his large fangs.

"I just wanted to make sure you don't catch an infection," Star whined as he backed away from the growling mutt. I rolled my eyes. Honestly Star you don't have to apologies, defend yourself for once!

"I don't care what your intentions are, just stay away," he growled as he stood up and glared down at Star threateningly. He looked like he was about to pounce on him.

"I'm sorry!" Star whined averting his ears back and placing his tail between his legs.

"Sit down bub!" I growled back, stepping up to the wolf. "Don't you dare hurt my friend."

"Or what?" he growled back, his golden eyes glaring into mine.

"Do something and fine out!" I smirked as he backed away from me.

After the wolf agree'd to let us help him, he made it perfectly clear that no one but Balto was allowed to be near him. Probably because he to is a wolf. Of course I didn't approve of his decision, I remained close to both Balto and I think he said his name was Rolan? Wanting the wolf to feel calmer Balto suggested to take Rolan to the ship he once lived in for more privacy. Rolan eagerly agreed and here we are now.

"That's right, stay put you mutt," I chuckled, making Rolan blush in anger and lay himself back down.

"Stop acting like a jerk Steele," Balto suddenly said in muffles as he walked in with a bowl of meat and bones in his mouth.

"Where'd you get that?" I asked as he walked over to Rolan.

"Some of the ski dogs gave me there spare food," Balto explained as he placed the bowl down and nudged it with his nose towards the wolf.

"I'm not hungry," the wolf huffed. The room was suddenly filled with a loud grumbling sound.

"Really? Your stomach says other wise," Balto chuckled making the wolf blush. I rolled my eyes, the mutt seems to blush every time Balto is near. How annoying! "Eat up, you look like you haven't eaten in days,"

"...Fine," Rolan agreed, averting his eyes from Balto.

Balto smiled warmly before leaving the deck with Star and I following behind. "Balto wait, I still need to talk to you," I tried to stop as Balto continued his pace.

"Thanks for helping Star, you can leave now," Balto said, completely ignoring me.

"Y-Yes Balto," Star said looking at both of us with a concern look before making his way ahead and leaving us alone.

"Balto!" I said in a stern voice as I stood in front of him to block his path. "Will you listen to me?"

"What do you want?" Balto sighed giving me a bored, annoyed look.

"Look what I said earlier-"

"-I don't want to talk about that right now," Balto interrupted as he tried to shove me aside. Like I'm going to let him go that easily.

"Balto stop trying to find a way out of this and just listen," I said looking at him intently. "When I said Rolan could be dangerous, I didn't mean because he was a wolf, I said it because he was an outsider. We don't know who he is, where he comes from, or what he's like, I was worried about the safety of our town... I didn't mean to offend you," I said as my ears averted back. I bowed my head down in apology, "I'm sorry."

"...I'm sorry too for overreacting," Balto said as he rubbed his head against mine affectionately. "I don't even know why I snapped at you, I knew your intentions weren't bad but..."

"But?" I asked, pulling away from him and staring into his eyes.

"I guess I got tired of everyone always fearing or hating wolves that I took it out on you," Balto admitted, averting his ears back. "I'm sorry,"

"Don't apologies," I smiled, kissing his cheek. "As long as we're on good terms,"

"Alright," he smiled making my heart flutter. I swear I can never get enough of his smiles. He began to leave small kisses on the side of my cheek making shivers run up my spine. I groan in satisfaction as I kissed him back.

"Enough with the Kissing! It will make me barf!" a strong Russian accent interrupted making both me and Balto jump and pull away.

"Sorry Boris," Balto smiled apologetically. I rolled my eyes at the goose.

"If you're going to do that then do it away from my boat, thank you," he huffed as he made his way towards the deck.

Balto P.O.V.

"Where are you going?" I asked, noticing Boris had a bowl of water in hand.

"Is it not obvious?" he asked, cocking up an eyebrow. "I am going to give Rolan something to drink, poor thing must be thirsty,"

"Oh right," I half smiled as my ears averted back. When we brought Rolan here Boris immediately agreed to help him out. It's expected that he'd agree to help, its in his good nature to help out those in need. Unfortunately he still doesn't want to be near me. He doesn't look me in the eye and when we speak he would either add a sassy remark or ignore me. Damn this hurts! TO be rejected by someone who raised you-

"-Hey Balto?" Steele whispered next to my ear, causing me to jump slightly.

"Huh? What?" I asked staring into his blue eyes.

"Relax, you're clawing the floor," he said looking down at the paws.

"Damn!" I scolded myself. Boris is not gonna be happy about the scratch marks on his floor.

"Do you want to go home instead?" he asked me furrowing his brows. He can see clearly that I'm hurting.

"Yeah...let me just check on Rolan before we leave," i sad as i followed after Boris. I walked towards the deck and was surprised to see that Rolan already finished his food. Wow! "Exactly how long had is been since you last ate?" I asked, watching Rolan eagerly drink his water. Rolan was a white scruffy wolf with piercing golden eyes. He had two black stripes on either side of his cheeks, almost looking like scars, and had a light blue hue on his stomach and at the end of his tail.

"I don't remember," he said, licking his lips. "3-5 days?"

"What?!" I asked in shock. "Why-How-What?!" I said all at once still in shock. How has he managed to survive for this long?

"Well long story short I ran away from my pack and I'm not a very good hunter," Rolan said, giving me his full attention.

"Why'd you leave your pack?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.

Rolan averted his eyes from me and flattened his ears. "Well...I..um" he started, furrowing his brows.

"Just spill it out already," Steele suddenly said as he stood next to me. Both Steele and Rolan glared at each other hard before Rolan looked away.

"I don't want to talk about it," he huffed as he walked to the decks corner and laid down.

"But-"

"-Leave Rolan alone, he needs to rest," Boris suddenly said, pushing me and Steele away. "Rolan has had a harsh morning, it's best that he sleeps."

"Oh okay," I said, looking at Rolan before exiting the deck.

"Annoying mutt," Steele growled, glaring at nothing in particular.

"Leave him alone, he's just a pup," I smiled as we jumped off of the sunken ship and walked towards our home.

"He is?" Steele questioned raising his brow.

"Yeah, you can tell by his size,"

"Oh... that probably explains why he's so stubborn,"

"Yeah I guess," I smiled as I came to a stop. An icy chill ran up and down my spine and my heart quickened. I scanned the area.

"What's wrong?" Steele asked in concern.

"I think..." I said as I sniffed the air, confirming my suspicions, "Someone is watching us,"

Authors notes*

OMG! Now u know how Rolan looks like xD and OMFG! Someone is watching them? Who could it be? Review ur thoughts!