Redtail Rise A Leaf in the Wind (IC joining)

Saena's eyes rested on the lone wolf at her borders. Though his bashful greeting was endearing in any other circumstance, right now, it didn't move her. Her lips remained pursed, her head aloft and her ears alert. Her gaze went to Reek as he refused the loner's request. Of course the Alpha female approved. Once, she might've been willing to help a starving soul, but that part of her died when Fox lay fang to her skin and proved that untrustworthy wolves weren't worth a bit of her time.

"We don't do hand outs here," she emphasized, wrinkling the bridge of her muzzle ever so slightly to demonstrate the severity of Oliver's current situation. He was about to be run off their borders and surely he knew it. Reek offered Oliver one, and only one, opportunity to plead his case before that happened, and the loner pledged himself, just like that.

"How can you help us?" she queried, maintaining that aloof facade that she took to wearing around strangers lately. It was hard not to lapse into warmth at the pitiful sight of him, but Saena knew she had to appear outwardly strong and intimidating. It was one of the lessons she was quickly learning about being an Alpha. It wasn't at all how it looked when Dante did it in the Plateau. It was much, much harder than that, and she couldn't allow her emotions to seep beyond her borders, lest others take advantage of her kindness.

They would laugh about their cold seriousness later, how unlike them it was, but right now, the Alpha and Beta pair were dead-set on it.