grownups need not apply

He looked down at the ferocious little wolf. She had released his poor calf and looked at him now with distrusting, hungry eyes. "I have no doubt-" he began, knowing she would certainly try "-that if I dont keep my word you will teach me a lesson I wont soon forget." She was as brave as any pup birthed by deathbelle herself, and with no pack to back her up. She was young enough to mold, and with tenacity and bravery. He wanted her.

He lowered himself down, the brace of rabbits under his paw as he crouched to look better at the tiny young pup. She was a pretty wee thing. Did she look familiar to him? This was his first time seeing her proper, and he realised he had seen a coat just like hers before. "Let's make a pact, you and I. If you come back to my pack, which isn't far from here, and help me make the area safe for my pregnant wife, I will give a meal every day, the size of this rabbit or bigger. Well you help me, and I you, we can keep the scent from here till the pack fresh so Amaretto can find you" that was her mother, was it now? The strange traveler that had asked for supplies at his borders.