Mikael looked donw at Shade, peering into his eyes, which was full of questions and confusion. "Your mother's right Shade. We need to talk to you about something." He took a deep breath and nuzzled Em out of nervousness before looking at his son, who was patiently waiting for him to talk. "Shade. We've said all this time that you were the only pup born from Em's last litter. However..." He looked up at the sky, trying to find the right words to say about Caden. "You do have a brother. His name... is Caden." He looked down out of guilt. "The Alphas told us that we had to give one of our pups over to them, since they have had a tough time having pups of their own, so we gave them Caden and kept you. I'm sorry if you feel betrayed by us not telling you earlier." He got down on Shade's level, hoping that his son wouldn't feel too betrayed.

When Star ran over to Evan, he met her with plenty of nuzzles. "Looks like the punishment is finally over. I guess you grow fonder of the things that you miss after all." He said into Star's ear before continuing to nuzzle her. Jonah, on the other hand, was estactic. Seeing Dove run over to him, he met her and nearly tackled her, meeting her with emotional licks and nuzzles. "I thought that it would never end..." He whispered to Dove. "Thank goodness it's finally over." Jonah was glad that he could feel Dove and talk to her again.

"I missed you too Dove." He stopped nuzzling her to stand up next to her, looking into her eyes with excitement and love. "What do you want to do now that we can hang out with each other once again my love?" He asked her, his tail wagging excitedly.

Star seemed to really enjoy the affection that Evan was giving to her, so he continued on for a little longer before grinning warmly. However that smile disappeared when he noticed the mark on her side. "Wait... what happened Star? How did you get that mark?"

Mikael nodded at Shade. "Yes. Caden is your brother. But for all intents and purposes he is Hunter and Daria's son. I'm so sorry we didn't tell you earlier." He began to nuzzle his son to try to keep him calm.

Evan looked at Star worryingly, however she said that she was fine, and along with the fact that she began to lick him, his worry faded away soon enough. "Okay. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't hurt. All I want to do right now is go somewhere quiet so we can hang out and talk to one another."

"I think that can be arranged. But maybe we should go somewhere a bit more secluded first. Not too far away from home, of course." He said, returning the nuzzles to Dove.

Caden looked up at Shade confused. "Who's your brother?" He asked him. Hunter and Daria looked at each other silently, knowing that they were about to have to deal with a rather difficult conversation.

Caden looked at Shade, hopelessly confused. "But..." He looked over at Daria and Hunter. "Mommy, daddy, is... he lying?" They looked at each other for a moment before looking down at Caden. "Shade is not lying my son." Hunter said. "Caden... Em gave birth to you, however we asked for them to give us one of their pups, and they gave us you, since we were having such a hard time having our own pups before." He began to nuzzle him a bit more. "I don't want you to feel disrespeted in any way. All we wanted was a son, and Mikael and Em were gracious enough to give us you. We were also lucky enough to have Sonoma." Daria nuzzled him for a bit.

Jonah grinned slyly when Dove asked him if he had something in mind. "I do, actually. Follow me." He began walking outside of camp. Not too far away was a cluster of trees, which provided ample shade. Not only that, but there was moss, which made it very comfortable for them to lie down in. Jonah ran over and lied down in the shade and waited for Dove.

"Alright." Evan began walking to a stream, but along the way he wanted to talk to her a bit more. "Are you sure you're okay? You said that your sister gave you that mark, so... what happened?"

Evan stayed silent for the longest time until they made it to the stream. "Alright. I'll drop it. But in the meantime..." He lowered his paw underneath the water before splashing Star with a bit of the stream water. "Why don't we have a bit of fun?" He grinned and play bowed to Star, ready to have some fun with her.

"I don't know. I just want to hang out and cuddle with you after being seperated from you for so long." He said, a mischevious grin on his face as he began to nuzzle and cuddle to Dove, enjoying the warmth that she radiated from her pelt. "You have a really soft pelt, you know that?" He whispered to her.