Phoenix Maplewood we'll ride the coattails to the finish line

I wouldn't have started two threads after this if I had known anything like this would have come up. #whoops. Also posting from my phone/work. 

It does not take long for Reek to realize the gravity of the situation. The dark wolf scrambles to his feet with far more grace than his injuries allotted him. Ukko doesn't move while the alpha regains his posture and his dark yellowy eyes stare back. With what looks like all the dominance he can muster, Reek stands tall once more. The weakness Ukko witnessed seconds before now gone, and he feels a tug at the corner of his lips to see a wolf worth leading a pack. His own posture doesn't change, eyes narrowing with a slight quirk of his brow. The smile that formed upon his lips turn into a pleased sneer.

Reek would still be a heap on the ground.

Challenging the other wolf hadn't been in his plans for the day but in the moment, he knew weakness could not be afford in Phoenix Maplewood. Not with the absence of their other alpha.

Reek growls and only Ukko's ears twitch as if it's uncertain whether or not it had been heard. His lips lift and show his teeth, coated in saliva, but the younger doesn't make a sound. His tail remains curved above his spine but only his head dips, a fraction, as he waits to see what Reek plans to do. Every muscle tenses, bracing himself should it go haywire, but he doesn't offer an inch in his own decision making. A rumble forms deep in his chest, audible not even to himself, as he tries to calculate Reek's course of action.