He had hoped for isolation, for peace and quiet. It was hard to come by and even harder now that the number of pups had doubled. Whilst Shakespeare had indeed been irritated by his own siblings sometimes however, these other three pups were worse. They hadn't done anything horribly wrong though he felt even more uncomfortable and out of place around them.
He would hear the soft footsteps before the scent would be picked up. Who had followed him? To his dismay it was one of the Cascade and Valentine's children not one he could say he was pleased to see either. Seraphim had at least seemed somewhat friendly this girl however Shakespeare didn't like the impression she gave off nor would he like the bossy way the younger girl now declared his absence from that strange den would make two wolves he couldn't care less about unhappy.
"There was no running. And they're not my parents." Shakespeare responded, his own tone rather calm still as he stated the very basic facts. He had hardly gone very far anyway. Leaving them was of course an ideal situation though with his siblings and his parents, he wasn't going to really go off completely on his own.
