Whitefish River and come undone

LOL NOBODY DOES A STANDOFF BETTER THAN YOU AND ME. XD

They stared one another down for several moments, neither of them making a move, but neither backing down either. Atticus remained tensed, ready to act quickly if the other wolf suddenly decided to ford the river and attack. But the fact that he hadn't done so showed Atticus that he wasn't dealing with a stupid wolf here. Rather, he got the impression that this was a pretty intelligent, calculating individual here.

Finally, the rival wolf began to move, but it was not directly toward Atticus -- rather, he began to move along his side of the riverbank. It only took the black Beta a moment to figure out what he was doing. His opponent was not interested in intruding on a rival pack's territory, nor did he care to engage in a pointless fight over it. He wanted the deer, and Atticus estimated that he intended to get to them by slowly skirting around and past him to get to them.

The only problem with that plan, though, was that as long as the deer were on his territory, they were his and he had no intention of sharing them. So he moved with the wolf, following on his own side of the river, keeping pace with him so that no matter what, he would have to engage with Atticus if he wanted to cross the river.