─── 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐘 !!

[rose petals.]

𝓓𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓶𝓪 𝓡𝓸𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓼
➼➼𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚊!!
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Beck wandered off, and Decima heard other voices. She followed the voices on Sterling, the lead hunter, and studied him with calculating eyes. Decima wasn't one for pleasant morning greetings. She mostly watched their conversation, not intervening too much. Decima loved controlling situations, but she also liked seeing if other people were capable of making decent decisions on their own without her.

Decima narrowed her eyes at Hudson as he entered the room. Throwing himself onto the chair he seemed to show absolutely no respect to his alpha. She bared her teeth at him, but her annoyance was further by her beta winking at her. Decima wasn't in the mood for schoolboy games, especially not today.

"I don't care who goes out just as long as someone does and they have a brain in between their ears." Of course, in her pack that left only a few wolves. Flicking her gaze over the werewolves who had begone to gather she spoke again. "I need someone to check on the prisoner. Make sure it's not... dead. Give it food and water from the omega's share." Even though the omega's generally had less to eat Decima was not hospitable and wasn't about to share her own rations with some human. The omegas should be used to going hungry anyways so they shouldn't mind sharing. Although Decima wondered why she entertained that thought, the omegas hardly ever crossed her mind on a usual day.

Decima Roades wasn't always like this. There was a time when she even might've offered Aurora some of her share of the food. But that was long ago, and Decima surely wasn't willing to that now. Her mother certainly would've let the stupid prisoner starve, so Decima was being merciful. With a sharp, aggravated sigh, Decima turned back to her pack members and fixed them with a growl. "Well? Get a move on, I don't have all day." The alpha said with a huff.

[ArtyAlpha]

ʜᴜᴅꜱᴏɴ ᴛᴜʀᴀꜱɪᴍᴀ
location ⁞ cabins/ then outside⁝ Mentions ⁞ Decima, Kalyx, Banji⁝ Tags ⁞ Decima, then Benji

Of course he hit a little nerve in her head. Hudson chuckled and rested his arms ontop of the backing of the chair and then rested his chin on his arms. He listened to his alpha and sighed. Beck is probably going off to get a patrol to catch the other bugs that scampered along their borders searching for their friend. He snarled. Hudson wanted to go for a little hunt for those brats. But Beck caught dibs first. Snapping his head back to the alpha as she snorted to them all to do their work, Hudson stood and rested his hands behind his head and wandered over to her “Don't you worry about that little cockroach Mimi. I'll take Klayx and we can check on it, mm? Might I also say that anger certainly looks good on you. Really makes your eyes have a certain glow.” He smirked and used flowing gestures with his hands for expression of his final words. His eyes were locked onto her own, they were dark oak like the trees along the beautiful sunrise. It was like he could feel himself running along the woods that engulfed him within her eyes. He could run endlessly and never grow tired. But just as quickly as it started, their stare was broken as she turned away and Hudson felt disheartened but she shook it off with a playful smile. Turning he left the cabins and wandered back outside, taking in a deep breath and enjoying the fresh light air. His eyes looked over to a small commotion by the warrior cabins but it looked rather under control so Hudson won't interfere. He needed to find the delta and grab some omega rations. Suddenly his eyes locked onto the omega and he wandered over, he could get the food first. Welcoming the omega to his presence with a smile Hudson subtly waved “Ah, just the wolfie I wanted to see. Benji Baby, could you help me out with something?” He smiled with a smirk. Benji was fun to play and flirt with, he's so shy and kind and just all round cute. It makes it even better if Sterling is around. They're never really anything official but Hudson knows that Sterling gets jealous. He means nothing of it, everyone knows his flirts and playing is only out of a family love and for fun. Well… to everyone besides perhaps one special werewolf...


ʟᴏʀᴀʟ ᴅᴜᴘʀᴇ
location ⁞ outside warrior cabin⁝ Mentions ⁞ Hudson, Penelope, Lysander, Roxanne⁝ Tags ⁞ Penelope, Lysander, Roxanne

Trotting back into the centre of the camp out of the shadows that hide her true self. The thought of revealing how she truly feels. Her pain. Pent up aggression and frustration. Showing that would certainly ruin her relationships. With a strained bubbly smile plastered on her face, Loral glanced her eyes around to figure out her plans of the day. She noticed a few members wandering around form cabin to cabin or just along the centre area. Her eyes flinched and darted to the side as she noticed the glimmering shine of the familiar white pelt that belonged to one of their betas. Hudson. Rolling her eyes a little Loral continued on through the area. That beta always seemed to be so excitable and flirty. It tended to get on Lorals nerves that he was so persistently loving and happy. Ironic. Loral snorted to herself but she was quickly broken from her thoughts as a wail echoed the area, followed by a heavy, abrupt thud. Her eyes shot over to the fiery, red haired hunter she recognised as Roxanne. She held a steaming cup delicately in her hands but her eyes were shot to something on the floor of the cabin's stairs. Glancing down, Loral saw the sweet blonde hair flailed across the floor with a figure sprawled along the stairs. Quickly, Loral raced over and lightly held the girls shoulder to assist as she rolled over. Ah of course. Penelope. Loral chuckled and raised a brow. She glanced from Roxanne back to Penelope and held out a peace sign with her fingers and her tone was higher and seemed prancier than as she spat to Benji, her fake tone of loving happiness “Penny. Penny, how many fingers can you see-” her question was cut short as Penelope spoke. Chuckling again she glanced behind her up to the skies then back to the fallen warrior. Shaking her head she looked to Roxanne and Loral agreed. As she eyes over Penelope's face she seemed relatively okay but would most likely have a concussion or something. As she began to stand, Loral flinched to the call of the medics familiar voice. Turning to the side she saw the werewolf bound over to them and instinctively Loral stepped away a little to make room for him to analyse her. Loral lightly crossed her arms across her chest. She softly smiled as she watched the medic do their thing. Loral rather admired the medics. They are such a vital part of the pack. Fidgeting with the hem of her dress as she watched on, Loral curiously peered down to Penelope and Lysander.

[I'm done delete me.]

ʀᴏxᴀɴɴᴇ ʀɪᴠᴇʀᴀ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx❝ 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆... ❞
[ 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: 𝟔𝟗𝟔 ]

xxx [ 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 ] [ 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 ] [ 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 ] [ 𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 ] [ 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬: 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬 | 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐡𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐢 ]
[ 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 --- 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 ]

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Before they could even get up to take her the medic was on his way, seemed as if he overheard there need of help for Penny. Watching as he made his way over she then looked to Penelope moving some hair out of her face. Lysander then moved her out the way by his foot, she stumbled back onto her rump and just shuffled back a little. Her drink still in her hand she had finished her coffee. The redhead gave the medic room to work, looking to Loral who had her eyes on Penelope and the Lysander she thought it was now best to leave the three and give them space to work. There was not much she can do now since the medic had arrived to help the fallen warrior. Pushing herself up onto her feet she made her way over to the hunter's cabin to clean her mug.

Making her way up the porch she then laid eyes on the male hunter Atticus. Her cheeks heated up a little but she just smiled to him "morning" her voice quiet but smooth towards him like honey. Roxy looked towards the ground but her eyes didn't remove from the other hunter until she got to the door. Opening the door she stepped inside and closed the door behind her, she leant her back against the door for a moment and sighed gently I'm such a wuss she thought to herself before making her way up to the kitchen.

In the kitchen the smell of toasted bagels and coffee wafted through the air, she remembered seeing Atticus with a bagel in his hand. But it had reminded her she hadn't eaten this morning, though she didn't feel hungry quite yet. She washed her cup in the skin and placed it on the drier. What now. She tapped her fingers on the surface of the kitchen feeling somewhat uneasy as she did before, she started to think. She wished to see the human but she knew it wouldn't be possible if the alpha noticed her around the human she didn't know how she would react. The redhead thought the alpha didn't have much trust in her but Roxy did not attend to care what she thought of her. Roxy tends to stay out of the way of the alpha to avoid any sort of conversation or turmoil. Of course, she has to respect the alpha though she wishes not to she has given her a roof over her head and she had to respect that of her.

Perhaps a run could clear her head as thinking of the alpha was making her tense as she noticed herself tapping her fingers against the surface of the kitchen she removed her hands and huffed taking her hair into both hands and running her fingers through it, with the hairband on her wrist she tied her hair up into a ponytail. Making her way again out the door of the cabin and onto the porch, she made her way down the few steps. She halted in her tracks looking towards Hudson, it seemed he had the scraps of what was left from dinner that he was gathering also was talking to the omega Benji. What was he doing with those scraps? Then she guessed they were for the human. She growled to herself, they could at least give her a decent meal not what was leftover from yesterday. However, they saw the human as nothing but a foe, she wished they could open their eyes more and give the human a chance.

Roxanne couldn't do anything, she looked away and took a deep breath to calm herself down before shifting into her wolf. Her red fur grew out of her skin and her bones cracked and shifted into place it was mildly painful but she had gotten used to it. Pushing off on her back legs her wolf was visible to the others that were out. Roxy ran into the treeline where the others no longer could see her, she needed to get away from all this chaos in the camp as it was setting off her anxiety.

[kalo.]

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl( omega ) ( tags; hudson ) ( mentions; loral, penny, lys ) ( location; camp ) ( wc; 577 )

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indentBenji knew it wouldn't be long anytime someone came and found him. He eyes landing on the intimidating figure of Loral. He felt his body shake out of instinct as the warrior had gotten closer, but he kept a smile on his face. The sudden force of Loral knocking into him was enough to catch him off guard-spinning him to face her. The growl that came out of her had his tail between his legs, his eyes wide for a moment from the sudden attack before she went off. The omega stood there for a moment, collecting himself by shaking his head and turning back around. That was normal for the two of them. Loral never failed to push Benji farther down into his role as the omega. To push the tradition that omegas were inferior to the alphas and betas of the pack. Deep down it irked the omega. That Loral couldn't see past his status as the omega and who he was as a character. That was one of the few things that really got the omega down, but he had others to worry about instead of himself.

indentOne of them was Hudson. The beta came strolling out of the cabin that housed the high ranked pack members. The smell of the alpha was laid heavily on the beta and caused Benji to feel the need to hold his breath. The Alpha of the pack was on the one packmate that Benji couldn't quite stand the smell of. It suffocated the omega, making him want to flee. But the bright smile on his face never left. “Ah, just the wolfie I wanted to see. Benji Baby, could you help me out with something?” The omega let out a soft chuckle at the nickname before tilting his head with curiosity. "Why of course! What do you need Hudson?" Benji clapped his hands in excitement [mostly to distract himself from the nickname Benji Baby] before the sound of someone falling caused him to wince. He turned his attention to one of the cabins where someone was being helped up from laying face first in the dirt. Benji felt his eyes widen before calming down as the medic came rushing over. Lys.

indentThe omega turned his attention back to Hudson, perking up in curiosity on what he was wanted for. "I'm guessing this might have to do with the human that Sterling found yesterday?" The previous night's encounter raided the omega's head and caused a slight shift in his aura. Mostly just worry for the lead hunter. Not a day went by where Benji worried for his boyfriend-but he kept everything internal as to not worry anyone in the pack or Sterling himself. He respected Sterling's word and would follow it to a T. "I heard it was quite eventful. Where are they now? Do you think the human needs medical attention?" Benji could feel his excitement start to bubble up with the thought of going to see the human. He knew the Alpha would have his head on a silver platter if he went to see the human unsupervised, but he couldn't help himself. He didn't like seeing people in distress. "Are we going to see the human now? Why do you need me? Is it because of my charm?" Benji let out a chuckle before preventing himself from saying anything else [stupid] to the beta. Which was bound to happen the longer the conversation went on.

[azhefa.]

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ana [ah-nah] ● twenty-two ● female ● pack omega ● heterosex/rom ● single ● form; wolf

it's been a long few months for the blonde, trying to figure out how to intergrade herself into a new pack without stepping on toes and ruining anything that has already been set into place before she arrived. being thrown into a mix of relationships is quite hard for someone as unsure as herself. the last thing she wants to do is cause more upset than she already has.

even though she's been sleeping in the same bed for the past six months, ana still wasn't use to it and often sleeps on the floor in her wolf form. she always sleeps in the same spot where the light of dawn will stream in and bathe her in the warm glow. it was her silent alarm clock. though she shouldn't leave without permission, ana just prefers some alone time in the early mornings. especially now that things have happened. a human has been captured and is being kept locked away for whatever reason. it's not something ana's use to since she's been around humans quite a bit during her time as a loner. hopefully she can keep out of the mess the pack has decided to get into.

viviana gets dressed silently before slipping from the cabin and heading into the forest where she shifts into her wolf form and goes for a run. it was quite nice to be alone in the forest so early in the morning before everyone else was awake. perhaps she misses her time as a loner more than she thinks. it's quite lonely being solo, but it has it's benefits. ana spends a few minutes just running to stretch her legs and get her blood pumping before slowing to a trot and starting to track some prey. she finds a few trails for rabbit and squirrels, but she was after something bigger. she wants to prove herself to the pack and is determined to track down a suitable deer herd that they can hunt later during the usual hunting patrol.

since she's still rather new to the area, ana ventures into a rather unknown location and is unsure of where to go. it was still pack territory, but she just hadn't explored so far out from the cabins before and was weary. she moves with unease as she pads through the trees, not sure if she should turn around and return to the cabins or keep exploring. before she can decide though, a bit of noise makes her freeze and perk her ears forward. more noise reaches her and it almost sounds like... voices? what a curious thing to find so far from the cabins. was someone else out for a run as well?

ana ventures forth to see what was the source of the voices, forgetting about the human being kept prisoner and the idea that there could be more in the woods. she trots closer and closer to the source of the sounds before coming to a stop at the scent of gasoline and oil. there were other vehicle scents mixed into the air which makes ana pause since it's the middle of the forest, there aren't roads around here so why is there a car. she moves forward again, this time much more cautiously as well as curious.

a short ways ahead, she comes to a stop by some bushes which she uses for cover while she spies on the figures moving around before her. there were several figures milling about and what looks like a rather destroyed car not far away. bushes and young trees were ripped and thrown around the busted up car in an odd way, but when she looks towards the area behind the car, she can see what happened. a trail of destruction leads father into the forest and up an incline which she assumes the road was. now she knows why a car was in the forest and why there were humans so far from civilization.

ana doesn't realize how close one of the humans were to her hiding place until she hears a stick break and she turns sharply to the sound to find the figure standing only a couple dozen feet from her. she wasn't sure if the man had seen her or not, but she lowers her head and flattens her ears anyway, her lip quivering silently as she waits for them to either alert the others to her presence or go on past to show her hiding place was still intact.

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feeling; cautious, yet curious x location; forest > human camp x mentions; humans, others x tags; raymond [indirect]

[honeycomb `]

────────（ 𝐑𝐄𝐘𝐍𝐀 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍 ！！ ）

𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒: the humans, viviana ／／ 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: lys, sterling, benji, two many ／／ 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓: 826
indentit was a well known fact they reyna did not always make the best choices, when it came to both the men she dated and her own actions; which, nine out of tens times caused her to become injured in some way. this morning was not any different. the lead warrior had stayed out all night, which was not an uncommon occurrence, yet it always caused her needing to hobble back to the pack, primarily lys if we are being honest. she has gone for a run last night before going to bed, and she had ended up just sleeping in some cave. when she awoke, reyna was still in her wolf form. her sleek black fur glistened in the morning sun that only entered the cave through cracks and crevasses. her bright amber eyes focused on the sound coming from outside the cave. her own curiosity grew as the sound increase, sounding almost like voices. None of the voices sounded familiar, which made the hair on her back begin to stand on end. she was not completely aware how far she had strayed from the pack’s territory. reyna lifted her head higher, taking in the new scents from the light morning breeze; the scents smelled human. it was rare to smell a human this far out into the woods, maybe they were on some back-packing trip. the other thought that crossed her mind it that they were hunters, and if that were the case, no one was safe; especially her. being that she had lost her clothes once she shifted to her wolf form, reyna was completely exposed as just a wolf to a hunter, and her towering size would make her the perfect trophy for one of those sick men.

indentmoving was not an option for the black she-wolf at this moment. the human’s scent was only getting closer, at this point she had two options, to confront them or try and run. if you know her, reyna is not someone who would just tuck her tail and run, so her only option was to confront the human’s whether or not they had a gun. realistically, if she got shot the others would hear it and it would give them a chance to escape if needed; but rey was not planning to go down without a fight. this plan was bar far the most reckless thing she had done, and if she got out of this alive lys, sterling, and benji were probably going to kill her. thinking about lys nagging made her stomach turn, god he was going to be upset with her.

indenther body was stiff, but fluid as she moved towards the entrance of the cave. Every bone hoping, even praying that the was not going to come face to face with a loaded barrel. her reputation for being fearless ended the moment she was staring down a loaded gun, because who would be that stupid to not fear being mounted on a wall or being made into someone’s rug. before exiting the cave, she caught a familiar scent in the air, it was the hunter she knew as viviana. There was no possible way sterling had figured out that rey was not home and sent this puny hunter to her rescue, she could have at least sent beckett or kalyx. even so, it would be good to have the back up she may need once she came face to face with the humans. as she rounded around the edge of the cave the bright light blinded her for a moment, but five shadows came into view. her eyes took a short moment to adjust before she was able to make out their faces. none of them appeared to be hunters, or even remotely threatening, leading reyna to confirm that she would be able to wipe them out and still get home in time for breakfast.

indentwithout another moment of hesitation, reyna allowed her huge body to emerge from the cave, hackled raised and teeth bared. normally she was rather neuter, if not friendly with humans. but something about these five rubbed her the wrong way, forcing a more aggressive side to appear. reyna let out a brief howl, acknowledging her pack member in the distance and inviting her to come closer. that was when the dominant she-wolf began to circle the human. the fur on her back stood on end, and she began to tighten the circle around the humans. reyna strategically look turns locking in on each of their eyes with her own. she was large, even compared to the tall human males who stood there at her mercy. she contemplated about pouncing on the girl to see how the males would react seeing the most fragile one with teeth embedded into her throat. her second solution was to just take out the one who seemed like the alpha in this situation, leaving his subordinates running for the hills.

[slaughter beach, dog]

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location; outside the warriors' cabin ── tagging; Loral, Lysander, Roxanne ── mentioned; Aurora ── wc; 833


Penelope's vision began clearing as she blinked, and the two suns that had been swimming across the sky melded back together into a single bright spot, which she probably shouldn't have been looking at directly. Another body joined Loral's by her side, and she inclined her head to see better, but moving sparked a throbbing pain on the inside of her skull, and her loopy grin briefly turned into a wince before the ache subsided again. Roxanne, the one who had joined Loral, brushed some of the hair from Penelope's face, and she beamed up at them from her dirt bunk.
indent"Do you think staring at the sun could worsen a concussion, because I think I might have done that," she joked, barely half-serious. She didn't feel as if she had a concussion. Or what did a concussion really feel like? It wasn't as if she'd had a concussion before. Which may have been a miracle, and Penelope herself had surely jested about it before — probably after one of the times a stray tree had jumped into her path during a run in the woods, or the innumerable instances she had conked her head against the top of a door frame. Or the one where she had awoken herself and the entire cabin by falling out of bed. Onto her face. Very much like she had just now.
indentindentPenelope was momentarily confused when the two women stood up and backed off, but the sight of Lysander's smiling face peering down at her explained the retreat: they were giving him space to work. His blue hair was falling onto his forehead, and even laying on the ground, Penelope found the sight somehow endearing. Her smile widened, which sent a twinge to her chin.
indent"I might have landed on my chin," she explained, bringing a hand up to probe at it, which Lysander likely would have advised against. "Do you think it will bruise? Maybe I'll look like I have a beard — from the distance, y'know." It probably wouldn't happen, at least not for long, considering the way the wolves' bodies tended to react to contusions. But a concussion? She had no idea how one of those would work. It was more Lys' area of expertise.
indentindentA tug on her elbow, followed by Lysander's murmured request, had Penelope sitting up, although the effort left her somewhat groggy, and the throbbing in her head made itself known again. She took the chance to glance down at herself, finding the front of her powder blue sweater coated in a thin layer of pine needles, but the state of her clothing was quickly forgotten once Lysander placed the two bags in her lap — one of which happened to be filled with the bread she had been craving all morning. Had it not been for the state of her jaw, she likely would have torn into it right then and there. Instead, she decided to be a good patient and picked up the ice, pressing it against her chin, only to pull it farther again so she could speak.
indent"You're not wrong, and I definitely like your bread more than the dirt," she admitted, her smile turning sheepishly lop-sided. Then it faltered a little, and a pensive furrow formed between her brows. "But it was that human, she- she sounded scared." Penelope couldn't really imagine what it must have been like to be all alone. She had always had her family, and then the pack.
indentindentPenelope's eyes widened when she remembered the patrols that had been meaning to head out into the woods and look for any others. She really didn't want to miss them. Her gaze shot to Loral, who would surely be going, before returning to Lysander.
indent"I can still go on patrol, right? Even if I have a concussion. I mean, I feel alright. Well, my head is throbbing, but mostly alright," she prattled, immediately scrambling to stand up, leaving the bag of ice discarded on the ground. She would show the medic she would be fine once she had shifted. She wobbled a little on her feet, but managed to stay upright in spite of the nausea brewing in her chest.
indentindentPenelope had been born a werewolf, into a family of werewolves. It was such an integral part of her that she could not remember a time when shifting had been anything besides natural. Easy. The wolf was inseparable from her, and she was inseparable from the wolf. Or, so she had thought. She reached out to her other half, but nothing happened. She tried harder than she had had to since her first shift, but all she could find was a vacant blankness. In a way she had never felt before, panic washed over her like a splash of cold water. Her gaze sought out Lysander's, and she couldn't help the slight tremble of her lip.
indent"I can't shift- Lys, why can't I shift?" the plea tumbled out of her with a quivering breath.

[miko `]

𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑨𝑫𝑵𝑬 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑹𝑬𝑹𝑨


🠒 human. she/her. twenty-three. camp. mentioned; raymond, humans. tagged; christian. wc; 956.

xxxxxdawn had crept up on the group sooner than she had expected, though it wasn’t as though she had managed to get a wink of sleep in the past twenty-four hours anyway. after the crash and the loss of one of her best friends, she just could will herself to close her eyes and drift away. not to mention the fact that she was 100% sure that she had broken at least two ribs. ari couldn’t move her upper body without intense pain coming from her chest, but she had tried to mask her pain as much as she could, as not to worry the others. it didn’t really work, to say the least, the boys catching onto her discomfort almost immediately the other night, and making her stay at the makeshift camp they had made. christian had stayed behind and fussed over her (as usual) while the others had set out to search for aurora. to no avail, of course. the search party had come empty-handed that night.

xxxxxshe was sat idly on one of the blankets that they had set out the night before, everyone else was already awake and milling around, trying to find any sort of food that was left from the wreckage. but ari wasn’t hungry, ari was miserable. she had lost one of her best friends last night, and she still hasn’t come to terms with it if she was being honest. she knew that aurora could take care of herself, but it was hard to stay positive in their given situation. the constant worry she was under had questions flooding her mind at a fast pace, how were they supposed to get home? where did aurora disappear to? what if aurora was hurt? worse yet, what if aurora was dead- she stopped herself, feeling her breath quicken with panic and eyes tear up at even the thought of aurora being hurt or dead. she had to be a little more optimistic about this, but it was just so hard without the comfort of having aurora by her side.

xxxxxnot to mention, ray had gone out to search for aurora again that morning, and that did absolutely nothing to calm ariadne’s nerves. she felt the need to have everyone in their group close to her at all times, she didn’t want to lose sight of anyone in case they disappeared in a similar manner as aurora, and the thought chewed at her mind as she impatiently awaited ray’s return. she dug her nails into the palms of her hands as she clenched her fists from the anticipation, brows furrowed as she looked aimlessly at the ground in front of her. it wasn’t a good day for her. to make things worse, every time she took a breath, she could feel her lungs press against her broken ribs, and it damn did it hurt.

xxxxxtired of sitting around and doing nothing (she was worried and stressed, sitting in place wasn’t an option right now), she tentatively stood up off the ground, wincing as she felt another pang of pain from her chest. she’d have to get that checked out eventually, if they manage to find some kind of civilization that is. it wasn’t a big possibility, especially since she knew none of them could catch any service from their phones to call anyone, and she knew that if she didn’t call her parents or siblings anytime soon, they would get worried. she remembered back at home, before setting off for the trip, her family members told her persistently that she had to call them every day so that they knew that she was ok, and her older brothers had cornered christian before they set off to tell him that if anything happened to ari, they would have his head. she had the urge to smile at the fond memory, but it felt too out of place at that moment.

xxxxxat the thought of christian, she slowly approached the man that she had considered her older brother since they were toddlers, who was currently rummaging through the wreckage to see which of their belongings they could save and to find something that would help them survive, assuming that they would be here for quite some time. ”found anything yet?” her voice was quieter than usual, and she feared that she might have accidentally startled the older boy. her worry was short-lived as she heard the rustle of leaves within the forest, making her head shoot up in the direction of the noise. she had hoped it was raymond coming back from his search, maybe with aurora by his side, but that hope was diminished as soon as she saw what actually caused the noise, and she felt her heart stop.

xxxxxa wolf, that looked way too large to be real, sauntered closer to the camp, circling the group. they were all alert now, and ari was frozen in place, save for her hand finding its way to grip onto christian’s wrist, knuckles turning white from the sheer tightness of the grip. her eyes widened as she made eye contact with the creature, and she sent a prayer in her head to as many gods as she could think of, because she wanted to come out of this alive. she could feel herself holding her breath as the wolf continued to circle the group, and ari had the urge to scream out for help, but knowing that there was no one around them and that the sudden noise might provoke the creature to attack, she stopped herself. all she could do right now was pray for some kind of miracle and hope to god that none of them would end up dead.

[guh-huh!]

( ♔.x𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍.
“𝙎𝙊 𝙏𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝘼 𝘿𝙀𝙀𝙋 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙃 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙄𝙏 𝙄𝙉. 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙄𝙏 𝙄𝙉!”
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cismale ✮ twenty-four ✮ lead hunter ✮ feeling- aaaa ✮ mentioned- everyone. except humans, bleh. ✮ tagged- beck, decima, benji, hudson


xxxthe kitchen doors open behind sterling, and he doesn’t turn around right away, afraid of looking too suspicious to the alpha, afraid of what she'll say to him. he just stays trained on talking to the beta, talking about things he already knows, but needs an excuse to not look at the alpha closing in on him. he can’t just disregard the alpha, though, because they speak next, and sterling jumps at the words that he couldn’t ignore even if he wanted to. "I don't care who goes out just as long as someone does and they have a brain in between their ears." there’s a bit of an echo in the cabin, making the stern voice all the more booming and scary. or maybe it’s not quite as loud as sterling thinks. maybe he’s just afraid that someone will hear. he turns around, mouth still hanging open pathetically, and looks to see decima pacing towards him with a scowl on her face.

xxx"Well? Get a move on, I don't have all day."decima interrupts, now just feet away from sterling. he feels like a child being reprimanded, and he draws his shoulder together subconsciously. decima has this angry look in her eyes that makes sterling want to shrink in on himself and disappear. the majority of sterling's thoughts are to apologize, or to tell decima that she was right about him venturing off pack grounds- something to get her off of his back. but sterling has always been so passive, always letting others rule most of his life and living by the alpha's rules rather than having his own. if spending so much time around benji has helped him realize anything, it’s that he should stand up for himself for once and not take this lying down.

xxx“yeah, okay, i can call a patrol. i think i have enough brain power to do that” sterling says definitively, "or i don't. but somebody went and made me lead hunter, didn't they?" maybe he should have said something more along the lines of protest, something to let decima know that he was innocent and caught at the wrong time. but retaliating at all is a victory enough for now, however small. sterling can’t say that it doesn’t feel good to make some effort to fight back. instead, he takes his victory and moves forward with the day. hopefully they can get this whole situation cleared out and then things can return back to normal. well, as normal as things can be with a human lurking around the cabins. sterling simply wants to return to his normal schedule, a schedule has always felt right to sterling. maybe he’s never cared all too much for the pack hierarchy or the uncomfortable shifts, but the ins and outs are comfortable in their own way. it’s a routine, it’s regulation- there’s a of bunch things sterling is tasked to do, and he does them. the rather temporary inner peace is such a welcome change that finds he hardly minds the scrutiny of the alpha if it means he can rest easy for just a little while.

xxxso when he finds his way to the cabin with the others, he's thrown into a mess of things he doesn't want to. another break from their normal schedule that throws him for a loop, and he can already feel his anxieties flooding back. in some sloppy attempt to quell them, he looks for benji. it’s not that sterling is clingy - he at least tries not to be - but he’s admittedly pretty used to their routine hangouts. maybe it wouldn’t be that bad if sterling wasn’t sticking around his room, waiting for benji to come bursting in through the doors unannounced like he sometimes does. maybe it’d weigh less on his mind if sterling weren’t hoping to spot benji outside to catch him and ask to go on patrol. maybe for sterling, he’d feel less clingy if he hadn’t walked all the way to the other cabin to try and find him there, only for hudson to be all over him.

xxxit shouldn't feel off, but knowing about their history makes sterling distracted by a sensory overload. it’s as if his brain is latching onto everything around him so as to avoid being anxious over benji and hudson. it’s just stopped raining a little over an hour ago, and the early hour’s sun glistens over the still-wet grass. the stream nearby is rushing, where the frogs chirping from their hiding places seem louder than ever. the flowers smell strangely sweeter too, and a light humid fog rests gently above the pavement as sterling passes it. the evening's small wonders serve as decent distractions to avoid thinking about what they might be doing behind his back. most of all, sterling just wonders why, and if hudson is doing this to hurt him on purpose.

xxx"atticus and loral, i'm about to set out on a patrol, do you guys want in?" he asks, and tacks on assuredly thereafter, "and it's an open invitation really, i'm wondering if rox and rey have already gone off to investigate alone. but, safety in numbers, y'know?"

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With the wind in her fur, she sprinted through the woodlands dodging fallen trees and rocks that were in her path. Her eyes peeled to what was in front of her, she was light on her paws as she tore up the ground behind her. Taking in every smell as she made her want through the woods. She smelt the traces of rabbit, squirrel, vole, mouse that had been roaming here. However, she didn't take much interest if the prey she could smell. She wasn't hunting she was just trying clear her head from all this drama in the pack. The fact that her lead hunter Sterling her close friend had brought the human to the alpha she wondered what went through his head at that time. Why bring a human to the camp if he knew it would only end in her being detained she didn't know what this human was thinking right now, she was possible terrified though she knew she would be if the if Roxy was in her shoes.

Now there was talk on finding her friends to take them, prisoner, as they had to the other human in their keep. Roxy needed to stand up to the alpha tell her this was wrong but she didn't have the guts to. Her ear twitched towards the sound of a howl, the familiar sound of her packmate Rey. It seemed she had found the other humans and asked the pack to come. Roxy refused to go as she didn't want part of this madness that occurred.

The redhead came to a stop by the water edge, she looked to her reflection her golden eyes standing out more anything in the surface of the water. She sighed gently and laid down by the water edge with her head on her paws. Roxy watched as the flies danced over the water, she could furthermore see some fish swimming as well. She wasn't tempted to fish as her eyes followed them peacefully glide through the water. It was somewhat peaceful out here, which left her alone if her thoughts but she did try and forget about what was happening back at camp. But unfortunately, that was still glued in her mind if she was in her human form she would be shedding a tear for those humans but instead, she laid in her wolf form with a little whimper escaping through her maw.

Sterling did, of course, apologise to her for what he had done, he knew she was mortified by his actions that he had brought the human here. She didn't understand why the really had a grudge over the humans, yes some were seen as hunters and we to them as monsters. But some humans didn't seem like the type to hurt us, these humans aren't the hunters it seemed we were hunting them. She wished she could understand but she couldn't. Roxy hadn't yet quite accept Sterling apology for what had done, she needed time to cool down but she still wouldn't accept his actions. Nevertheless, he would still be her friend who had just made a poor choice like the rest of us had done before. Like she had by joining this pack under their leader. Still, she had made friends here, she didn't want to leave them behind.

She stared to the other side of the water where their territory ended. Over there cried freedom, she could make it across this lake and start a new life while she was still young. Yet she was always held back. Her friends called her back along with the thought of Atticus in her mind, she wanted to stay for them. She stayed for love.