Grumpy Ol' Badger

He flopped his rump to the ground with a grunt as Zeph began to speak, his words taking more of a blow to Vern's already fragmented mind. After everything his once great alpha still didn't give a damn about him. Everything Vern had gone through to do his duty for that man and Cealum and Zeph still couldn't show him any ounce of respect. His ears flattened at the words his lips peeling back more as the darkness of his mind began to toy with him again. Why not tussle with Zeph, find out who truly is better at fighting and put him in his place so him that Vern was worth respecting and worth being concerned over. It was a highly tempting idea and if Zeph ended up killing him then that was a plus also. Either way Vern would win and it seemed like the best idea his mind had thought of in a long time.

Then Zeph started again, this time bringing up the fact that Vern's decision had been a bad one, which Vern was well aware of, but honestly at the time he had nothing to loose. His muscles loosened and his lips fell back over his teeth as his eye stared at Zeph's face. Then came the low blow which frazzled his mind further and the snarl on his face came right back, this time more menacing then the last one. A snarl ripped through his vocals as his remaining eye narrowed dangerously.

"You think that's how things really are?!" He stood as he spoke a little wobbly at first, but he balanced himself. "Whether you realize it or not my loyalty never falters, you were once my alpha if you remember and the only thing close to family I have. Whether you or I like it or not I would never turn my back on you or Cealum!"

Stepping towards the male he snarled again his eye wild now with emotions. He was cracking under the weight of everything that had been pent up over the years.

"If that doesn't ease your mind then maybe Cealum forgot to tell you. I LOST my world too the day the pack was attacked. I got to see her mangled form, ripped to shreds and blood splattered all over the ground. Hell I even got to see her entrails ripped out like she was some garbage prey. I lost Ilona and my only chance of ever having what you have so pardon me if I feel a little jealous that you have everything I ever wanted and all I get to do is waste away in this hell hole," He snapped.

He closed the distance between them with his hackles raised to the heavens. His claws digging into the ground and his eye glazed over with emotion.


"Talk." & 'Think'