Pack Den

From the darkest shadows of the Pack Den, two burning red eyes slowly came into focus and moved closer, into the early morning light that flooded the den. The large, 6ft she wolf stepped halfway out of the shadows before stopping and bending to nuzzle several rambunctious pups that romped about the den, before turning to nuzzle the young mother of the pups.

*You are looking good Clover. I'm please that you have recovered.* she sent and smiled a wolfish smile when the young she wolf bowed her head.
*Thank you Alpha.* came her soft reply soaked with pleasure and happiness at her Alpha not only speaking to her but stating her actual concern for her health.
*Your pups are strong and healthy as well as quit active.* remarked the she wolf as she nudged one that was gnawing on her tail, soft laughter echoing in her mind as Clover fluttered an apology as she tried to gather up the pups. *Do not fret so Clover. They are a delight.* sent Fox as she nuzzled Clover's shoulder before stepping over the pups and headed for the woods, her thoughts on Glendale...Clover's mate. Who had been killed by a human poacher. If she hadn't been out scouting, Clover too would have died along with the pups she carried. Being a true wolf, nether had been able to hide from the hunter nor his dog which had cornered them.

""Even now thinking of that day and answering to the howls for help, I'd gotten there to late to save Glendale. But thankfully I was able to save Clover."" she thought with a sigh as she stepped out of the den and paused to lift her head up and sniff the air before huffing slightly and stretched. Her shiny black fur glinting in the sun light as her red eyes roamed over the open plains before her, just down the incline that lead up to their den and grinned, fangs flashing as she moved forward into a trot. ""Breakfast time"" she thought as excitement grew in her at the feel dirt turning to grass under her huge paws and moved from a slight trot into a loop as she moved quicker.

The massive black wolf lay on its back, yawning. He made a thud as he rolled over before slowly standing up and looking around. He had been woken by a few of the pups who had escaped their mother, but had ran back to her when Adion awoke. The big wolf slowly lumbered around the den, having to crouch slightly. He was nearly 8 feet tall, so he really didn't fit in such a small den in this form.

As Adion exited the den, he felt the sun sting his fir. In response, he changed to his fire form. While still rather large, his fire form was about 2 feet shorter than his darkness form. He was getting hungry. His mind began to race in a childish excitement with only one word spiraling through his head, HUNT.

Adion shot off into the woods, returning with a deer in his mouth in about 20 minutes.

Back at the den Fox dragged the large buck over to another large deer and dropped it before moving into the Den back towards the back nuzzling the cubs licking their muzzle as she did. *Clover start on the bucks while I shift and dress. Than I'll be out to help." with that said Fox vanished into the shadows.

Smiling Clover herded her cubs over towards the two large bucks and smiled as she grabbed one buck by a hind leg and pulled, straightening it out onto its back, all the while keeping an eye on her cubs which were gnawing on one of the horns. Even now after so many months with Fox's Pack, it still surprised her that the Alpha she wolf would not only help hunt for them but would also help skin and prepare the meat and dinner.

A few minutes later Fox stepped into the large den, wearing black leather with her black hair in braids atop her head as she stretched her arms up over her head and popped her neck as she moved towards the she wolf, a smile curving her lips as her 5 foot even yet muscular frame moved towards the bucks and pups. "Thank you Clover." replied Fox as she crouched down and pulled a very sharp dagger from the holster on her left hip and preceded to skin the two bucks, tossing small chunks towards the pups, while placing larger ones on slabs of smooth clean rocks used just for this purpose. "Who brought the other buck?"

*Adion, Alpha.* came Clover's mental reply.

Fox nodded as she finished her buck and started to prepare the buck Adion had brought in. Even now she was still leery of the odd yet powerful male. An odd one since he was more werewolf than shifter or garu. ""Yet he is a powerful Alpha in his own right!"" she thought, her red eyes drifting round the den before returning back to the buck and task at hand. Her hip length black braids, though in a top knot drifted down her back as she continued to toss her head, just to keep them from the blood and meat of the buck she was prepping.

Once she finished Fox rolled up the buck skin and set it to the side before she began preparing the meat. Some to be used for jerky and meat breads, while the rest were repaired for cold storage. A large hunch she kept out, thinking of making a stew with it. As she worked Fox kept her ears in tuned to the sounds around her even as she glanced up to look about every few minutes to watch the surrounding area that she considered her territory. Her red eyes never missing anything. From the birds in the sky to the pups stumbling along the floor and just outside the cave entrance where the omega family watched them.

Fox sighed as she looked at the young family and wondered why they decided to stay as the Omega's when she offered them a better living arrangement. Sighing again she smiled as she watched the young omega female play with two of the five pups that Clover gave birth to while the other three gnawed on the young male omega's tail and leg. She chuckled softly as she turned her attention back to the task at hand.

In the darkest corner of the den, a loud yawn came. The one who gave the yawn was a large black wolf, likely only being visible due to his movement. Yet he was still asleep, with blood around his muzzle when it shifted into the light, for only a long enough time for it to go back to the dark.

A motion to her right caught Fox's attention and paused in cutting a large chunk of meat into small chunks for a stew her red eyes narrowing when she caught sight of the bloody muzzle and sighed when it disappeared. "Adion..." she said softly before sighing and returned her attention to the meat, her thoughts returning to that day when Jizik and challenged the large male werewolf/wolf and lost. That had been the day Adion became her Male Alpha. "But he sleeps more than anything else." she muttered softly as she dropped the meat into a large stone pot.

She didn't even pause as she glanced over at the male her red eyes aglow. "Well at least there isn't anything wrong with your ears!" she stated, a slight quirk to her lips indicating that she wasn't pissed. "Why must you sleep Adion!? Surely you can do something constructive!"

She snorted as she dropped the last chunk of meat into the stew she was making and turned towards the back where said wolf hid in the shadows. "Hunting is a necessity not constructive." she said as she licked her fingers clean even as her ears twitched and her tail wagged slightly behind her. "Now patrolling and guarding the border is constructive." she said as she crossed her arms over her chest and cocked her head. "So again. Why do you just sleep! You took the Alpha Beta spot, though it was won through a fight that that idiot started, but you do nothing but sleep 23/7." she stated watching him with her blood red eyes that held an inner glow that seemed to be missing from the other wolves.

Fox closed her eyes even as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "You are a powerful Alpha Beta and yet you do nothing." she muttered as she turned back to the stew, and began to chop up vegetables to put in it. "Nothing seems to get you out of that corner unless you hunt your you gotta piss!" she growled, ears laid back. "And another thing..." she turned to glare at him, the area of the cave suddenly seemed several degrees colder. "If you do not like being the Alpha Beta than find someone who will and relinquish it! I don't need my Second being a lazy fuck how thinks he doesn't need to help!" With that she turned back to the stew and vegetables and muttered to herself in a language that consisted of snarls, growls and soft rumbles.

"Then why hasn't anyone beat me. I have fought in over 60 challenges, and still I remain alpha." Adion responded when Fox said that finding someone better was easy. "And if you do manage to find someone who can beat me in a fight, I will gladly hand the mantle of alpha over to him. However, I will fight, whether or not I like why. It was just how I was raised and that is a hard thing to change." Adion said to finish off his little talk. Then Fox mentioned being a guard. "The pups came in at 7, less than a hour after I fell asleep. Two of them climbed on me, one pulled my tail a bit. Three of them were having play fights. After an hour, you brought back your day's kill. Next time you think that I am truly sleeping, watch my ears and nose. Nap time is when I am the most alert."

Adion then smiled. If his spot on memory of the morning wasn't convincing that there was nothing that would be. Or at least that is what Adion thought.

Fox only snarled as she glared at him. "That may be but your still a lazy as fuck!" she growled turning back to her soup preparation, anger and frustration evident in her movements even as her tail twitched behind her. "Damn mutt!" she growled lowly as she chopped and diced while her ears continued to flick and swivel atop her head.