Mount Apikuni Those Claws Dig Deep

The atmosphere is beginning to grow somber, though a few rays of that striking fiery orange sky still sun kiss the bark of old trees and flora. Ulysses lays there, partly on his side with his hind legs stretched out in front of him and his front paws curled in. His multicolored tongue laps at his rough and sore paw pads, long black claws unkempt and damaged. 

Next, he rolls over to the other side and sighs at the three to five inch cuts on the line of his ribcage, thankfully not deep enough to do too much harm. He winces when his tongue touches the wound, silver eyes squinting and brows furrowing in frustration. Yeah, he’s pissed but somewhere deep inside he’s wondering if the mother of those kits will be able to continue to care for them. He hopes she doesn’t pass of infection, but he knows without the prober care she’s most likely to catch one or some type of sickness. 

He shakes his head of those thoughts. Why is he so sympathetic? Must be my dog half. He thinks with only a hint of salt. 

Then something in the tangible world catches him off guard. The smell of another wolf, the sound of someone; a stranger. Ulysses ears swivel backwards and he jumps up as fast as he’s physically able to. Spinning about to face the source of the noise, teeth already bared and fur already bristling. His stance is wide and his head is held up high to assert dominance through confidence. He didn’t want to take any chances getting jumped again, he has to be cautious.

Though, what he sees stuns him. So far he’s not seen one like them. A wolf of the purest of whites. Female by her scent, tall and slender, with loads of well hidden muscle he assumes. She’s almost ethereal to him as his teeth sheath and his eyes go a wink bit wider. His ears face backwards in astonishment of how he let her sneak up in him. Not paying attention to detail can allow things to turn sour much too quickly. 

He stands there stock still, hardly breathing. Waiting to see if she’s a threat. Though, he feels as if she were truly wanting to be a threat she wouldn’t have let him hear her at all.