Open Your Mind

Kass had escaped the pack lands, still in a agitated state over his confrontation with Helios Olympus and needing to put some distance between the pack he loved and his own tensely wound anxiety. This beach was further than he usually traveled from home, but the long journey and the swift pace had burned off some of the tension. Still he was in clear disquiet as he paced the black sands, his ears to the sides and his tail cricked in apprehension. A scent penetrated the black cloud of angst around the young alpha, and he raised his masked face to regard the still form of another male he'd come unexpectedly close to. Kassander froze midstep, his still-raised paw quivering as he pulled it closer in an unconscious effort to huddle upon himself as he fought with himself in a battle of do-I-continue-on or do-I-run-away. He wasn't sure he had it in him right now to deal with interaction of any form, but he had the reputation of an entire pack resting on his shoulders...

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