A New Friend

Grey and white matted body slowly relaxed when the boy before him spoke. Telling him that he wasn't there to harm him, that he wasn't with a pack or enemies or anyone harmful...at least, he didn't seem harmful. He looked down at his paws, embarrassed that he had made it obvious that he was afraid when Kar had approached. He kept his gaze on the ground, ashamed. Then his ears perked a little in Kar's direction, his sorrowed eyes now filled with fear as he glanced around Wildly. As if expecting someone to come jumping out at him any moment. The question had alarmed him, woken up more fears within the cowering child.

"I..." he closed his mouth again, wondering how to reply...could he trust this stranger? He could couldn't he? He...he had to. Who else was there to trust? He opened his mouth once more, deciding that he would. Kar had asked if he needed help getting away from it, whatever it was. Was he willing to help him? "I'm running from...my family...my mother and father to be more precise..." his legs grew a little shaky, his shoulders hunched again the more he thought and spoke. "I...I ran away...couldn't take it anymore...please...don't let them find me...I can't go back there..." his tone became pleading, begging. Tears fell from his eyes as his body collapsed to the ground, his head buried underneath his paws as his body became racked with shuddering cries. His teeth gritted together as he tried to hold it in, but failed miserably. Help...it was what he needed, and needed badly. Would Kar be the one to save him? Or at the very least...help him from being taken away again? He couldn't go back to his ex pack...not to her. He would rather die before that came...