How to kill a King

Not sure if I like that title, haha. xD

Burke had been with Meldresi at the time the howl sounded. Burke's ears were usually very keen on hearing the howls of newcomers, especially after he missed the one from Abelinda. He liked to review newcomers himself. The male pulled himself from his mate and then trotted though the web of tunnels that laid under the dark forest. He came up through the entrance that was close to the border. Traveling underground was very efficient, it was almost like having their own highway, if you knew the way. Naturally the alpha knew his own lands. 

He resurfaced and used the shadows to hide in. He studied the grey female at the border, she had a weird thing around her neck. Burke wasn't sure what it was but he was wary of it. The tank of a male trotted forward, his docked tail held up. The male smelled of his mate and the ground around him. His pale eyes on her without looking away. The immense male stopped before her. His expression calm and rather stoic. "You called," he stated, giving her permission to speak.