Verdant Basin Living your life cutthroat.

Elwood's brow arched at the loner's quick offer to assist the two Redhawks with a hunt, but he wasn't initially opposed to the idea. He had hunted with strangers before, though it had been quite some time. These days, he rarely ventured outside of his home territory. But Towhee was quick to turn down the male's suggestion -- and Elwood didn't argue. She outranked him, technically, and while more teeth and claws were always helpful, he wasn't nearly as trusting of unfamiliar wolves as he once had been.

Rather than excuse themselves, however, Towhee took a different approach and asked about the male's loyalties. Elwood's ears cupped towards the dark wolf and he tilted his head slightly, his body language communicating that he was attentive and ready to hear the answer to Towhee's question.