Get me out of here! Get me out of here! Mommy, please!

One-eye had to strain his muscles in an attempt not to shake. Everything that had just happened...he could barely cope with it. That catamount had come to his territory, taken out his eye, and forced him to come with her. Now, like that wasn't enough, he was going to have to kill other wolves.

I can't do this! How am I supposed to kill Lone Ones? But the words of the big, copper-colored cougar rang in his ears, especially when she repeated them again.

"If you don't cooperate, you've doomed your own family." So...if I were to say 'yes 'and try to run away...they would... One-eye swallowed in fear. I can't let them do that to Mom and Laika, and Dad, too! I...I'll...I have no choice...

He spoke up, looking into the green eyes of the catamount. "Alright, alright, I'll do it for my family! But I refuse to kill Lone Ones with families! I just can't!" Killing lone Lone Ones must be easier...at least they won't remind me of my own family. One-eye blinked away the tears. What did I just agree to? I should've let them kill me, I'm worthless anyways!

The catamount gazed upon him. She sighed, but looked somewhat relieved. The wolves standing beside her, one grey and one brown, kept staring at him, their eyes barely blinking. They scared One-eye.

Behind the brown wolf, the small cougar that had been there when the reddish one had scarred him, was standing, her eyes big and round. Stop staring at me! I hate being stared at!

"Looks like we're finally getting somewhere. And that isn't a problem. You'll work for us, but you'll only kill lone Lone Ones, no Lone Ones with families. I get it." The catamount nodded in agreement, made a gesture with her tail, and the wolves instantly turned around, leaving.

"Come," the reddish cougar said, and she walked away in their tracks.