[size=xx-small]omg sorry if it's bad, i just wanted to assure no one else got it haha[/size]
'Be careful of what lies beneath the mask, darling'
Another of her father's teachings that had stuck with her during her life. One of the most important ones at that! It had served her well during her long months as a loner, and it would've served her better if she had applied it to her treacherous ex-packmates. Majesty and Erika been a prime, but no longer important example.
One would think that as a leader, Cara would've remembered such a valuable lesson. After all it is when one lies at the top of it all that the envious try to knock you down. But of course, the exeptionally young Alpha had allowed her father's words to slip from her mind. Instead of keeping her guard up, she had been around talking to loners, trying to persuade them into the gates of the Spine.
So far, they had had no luck -- but the stubborn Queen didn't rest either way. She patrolled the borders daily, not only to restrenghten the markers (despite their need of newcomers they couldn't exactly leave their lands unguarded) but to walk around, in hopes of meeting a stray soul looking for a pack to pledge their heart to.
In fact, the Viking's call stuck her right when she was tending said duties. Cara lifted her head and listened to his voice with curiosity, then without wasting another second she sprinted in his direction, her tail swishing from one side to another .
Her body posture changed as he came into view, though she kept herself with the stance of a Queen, she made sure to make to threatening movements to trigger the scarred man -- after all he had howled for her instead of barging in.
"Hello, how may I help you...?", she barked while sniffing the air a couple of times, waiting for the man to introduce himself and state his buisness.
