and way down we go

*Dawn* · (This post was last modified: July 19, 2018, 09:37 PM by Dawn.)

the pale wolves grew steadily in number, and yet her resolve was steadfast. the crashing of underbrush had her hackles twitch, but a curt twist of her head found the familiar pelt of Aditya, voice breaking the tension with who's and what's she did not answer immediately, at once relieved and made tense by his arrival. molten gaze shifts from the olive-eyed leader, falling on the woman that speaks pleadingly.

despite herself, the fires blazing in bronze optics falter and fade, and a moment passes in thought before she dips her head in assent, making to ignore the sun-touched man who can not meet her eyes. "until nightfall." she reaffirms, firm, though the softness vanishes upon the arrival of Kitten and her littermate. she moves forward at once, standing over the girl and hanging her head low over the boy, stiff and tense once more. the olive-eyed man speaks again, and her eyes grow sharp once more.

"think what you want of us," her voice is low, hard. "but don't pretend that you would share your territory with another pack when your own was in need." there was threat buried in his words, but the civil part of herself that had helped broker alliances had her bite her tongue, murmuring low over the pups. "River, Kitten, go back to Aditya." she ushered them back towards her mate him with guiding pokes of her muzzle, gaze lingering still over the polar wolves, not at all comfortable.