let the ravens gather

Everyone was shouting, whirling, trying to make everyone else shut up. Another fight had broken out, other pups were yelling and angry and there he stood angry and trembling. His eyes would dart too and fro, his lean fame placed protectively before Gaia. He was ready to destroy anyone who even looked at her wrong now. And someone seemed to be up to the task. Helios. He was already wounded but as the hurt male shoved his face into Solo?s the red male would bristle, growling harshly and glaring at Helios angrily as he pushed right back. His former leader was smaller then him and though Solo was young he was not backing down on this. The male spat words and Solo would lift his lip in a sneer. ?I will work to free her? Like you did? Unlike you I won?t fail. If that is what she wishes I will die to make those wishes come true.? His words were soft, for Helios only, but they hissed from between his teeth, lips curled back into a snarl as he took a step forward in an attempt to completely invade Helios?s space, hoping to use his superior height and weight to force the male back. Fucker?

For a moment he would stand, hackles bristled like an angry porcupine and chin tucked close to his neck just in case Helios decided to attack him. Stance was spread wide, joints loosened and toes spread to claws could dig into the dirt. One hind leg would slide back in preparation for a collision. His shoulders would roll forward, back arching slightly and stomach tucking to gather his core strength. Tail would lash out angrily behind him before coming to settle in line with his spine. Ears pinned to his skull, eyes narrowing and lips pulling up to gather excess skin around his face. Fucker? ?How dare you give up, how dare you submit. No real leader would do that, you?re the traitor to this pack and this family. I will be the one who does what needs to be done. I will be the one who protects Gaia, no matter what, even if that is from you and your wife who thinks Gaia should have been killed at birth?? Again his words were soft, dangerous, threatening.

He was ready to kill this man, throw down with Natalya and if Gaia asked him he would kill Katja or die trying. But the gods seemed to have something else in mind as the golden woman swept into the scene. She would stand before she spoke and Solo would finally ease up on Helios, retreating to Gaia?s side as if pushed by an invisible hand. ?Gaia? She?s here? Your mom is here?? His words were soft, awe stuck. Her arrival reminded him so much of his own mother, she was a goddess among these peasants and he was just as in awe as everyone else. Would this be his mother one day? Coming back after leaving her pack for one last grand gesture. It was like something out of a story, and honestly all that rage he felt melted away. Virgil was Gaia?s mother, she would understand, she hadn?t cast any unwanted children aside. Solo could trust her, she would keep Gaia safe?