Arrow Lake [J] The Beginning of the End

He kept his senses focused solely on the she-wolf before him, studying her body language. From her level of confidence he thought it was safe to assume that she a high-ranked member of the pack the resided on the mountain. Kato, however, was very tense and on edge. For some reason, this wolf made him uneasy. Though, that was usually the case with any wolf he met.

Her question made him even less trusting of her. Why was she asking about him? Why would she care? Sure, it was her home, but he hadn't trespassed on her territory, so what reason could she possibly have to find out more about him?

Keeping those questions to himself, he simply shrugged. "I came up here to get out of the heat," was the clipped answer. There was no reason whatsoever to give her the entire truth. She didn't need to know that he had come up here to avoid having to face others of his own kind, but when he discovered a pack on the mountain he had stayed in hopes of meeting one of them. And now here was one of their ranks standing before him and he had no intentions at all of telling her anything.