i am reaching but i fall

She tensed for a moment as the other wolf touched her then relaxed, the wounds on her shoulder ached but she felt stronger as each moment passed, her ears still swivelled atop her skull searching for any sound that stood out of place but the rest of her body relaxed. She felt ? strange she had never had a pack, no for as long as she could remember she had been alone, all she had had was a string of loners, teachers, who had taught her the rules of life and the dangers of ignoring them. She had been taught a healthy respect for the packs and their borders, had been told in grisly detail what happened to a lone wolf that crossed pack borders uninvited and she had been told of alphas, always as over rulers and tyrants. To her the idea of a close nit pack was foreign but deep down her heart longed for that belonging.

Oxia's movement pulled her from her thoughts and she jumped slightly trying to shift to her feet before she realised what he was doing, settling slightly she watched him pursue the rabbit. It made her smile to see him hunt all speed and bulk but when he returned she tensed again a frown crossign her face. She looked from the rabbit, sluggishly bleeding at her feet, to the male and his kind blue eyes. Her stomach growled at the scent of blood that was not hers but she ignored it looking instead at the brute, she saw no deception but, it had to be a test. She knew the rules of loner life, and as a loner you never gave up your kill, you never knew when the next meal would come, and you never touched anothers food, not unless you wanted to bleed. ?I can't,? she said looking at him in confusion as she shuffled backwards, ?its yours. I don?t want to steal your food.?

She had lost her last teacher, the closest thing she had had to a father, because she had broken this very law, she had stolen from the kill of a young male and Ghost had paid the price, Ghost had stayed with her longer then any other,had been like a father to her and he had died protecting her. Fear entered her demeanour once more and she shook her head even as her stomach continued to growl, ?its not mine.?

she did not understand the offer he had made did not understand the idea of sharing resources not unless the others had helped in the acquisition of that resource. In her mind a hunt fed the hunters and the rest well if they where lucky they got the scraps if not...

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