Here to Stay [open]

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Days turned into weeks and soon weeks would become months. Thus far the Alphess was quite satisfied about how Zakur was coming along. She could not have asked for more, the others had been quite supportive of her decision to bring them back together. Now she was on another border patrol, trekking her way across the terrain in order to prevent any sort of intruder. The others appeared to be forming an even stronger bond than before, the thought made the Mexican female smile. She still kept quite a distance between herself and the others, emotionally at least. It simply was out of her reach, she had never formed a true friendship nor learned to trust another completely. It was a trial that she was focusing on constantly; of course she trusted her pack more than anyone else. There still remained a road block within her though. The words of her mother ringing throughout her mind, they reminded her not to care too much on the exterior.

Paws braced themselves as she prepared to jump upward slightly. Her land upon one of the boulders was quite graceful, nearly calculated. Brown optics swam across the view of The Kinath, she enjoyed this particular location. It gave her a beautiful view; yet, still made it possible for the others to locate her with ease. The sun's rays were twinkling behind light cloud cover, waving their last goodbyes. Sunsets had always been one of the Alphess' favorite things ever since she was a pup. There was something warm and comforting about them. A quiet sigh escaped her muzzle, 'what a life I lead now.' A dry giggle escaped her maw, things had changed significantly from what she was used to. It had only been months ago that she was a loner, searching for her war god. Now here she stood, eyes gazing across her terrain and her father the shaman within her pack. Had someone told her that this was her future - she would have laughed in their face. But now, it was reality.

A light wag set pace within her tail, this action one that she hardly had control over. Her happiness was overwhelming inside; however, she knew to hold face. If none viewed her as weak, than they would have less leverage to use against her. The other packs nearest her had male Alphas, she knew that much - but what about the others? If she was the only sole female Alpha, then she needed to work harder in order to gain respect from the others. A part of her was nervous, insecure about leading these canines; yet, on the flip side she was confident and proud. It was a confusing sensation for the female, but it would pass. It had to, otherwise she would be stuck in a permanent state of anxiety and confusion. Slowly she shook her crania, releasing these stressors from her brain for awhile. 'Stop worrying for nothing, it's not going to bring about any good.'

She wondered how the others were doing, if they were handling the change well. Certainly they seemed to on the outside; however, she knew just how fake exterior reactions could be. Mind wandered to thoughts of Hadrian, her dearest father was keeping himself quite busy lately. Everyone was occupying themselves with as much as possible, was it simply a coping mechanism? The female knew not their reasoning simply the way it appeared to her. This could all be some clever disguise for all of them to move forward with their lives, Kiddo's disappearance had taken all of them by surprise. Unless he had told one of them something that she was ignorant of. The thought nearly ripped a growl from her lips, but for some reason it never hit the air. It seemed to stick inside of her chest like a knot. Nashira feared showing any side of her to the others, wouldn't it make them lose faith in her? She believed so.

Extending her front legs forward, the female leaned her weight backwards into a lengthy stretch. A few places in her back crackled and popped, much to her relief. The Alphess knew she had even much more tense than usual lately. These circumstances had arrived rather unexpectedly. It was strange to believe that she was now in charge of her father when it came to ranking; although the Mexican brute would always be able to persuade his daughter into following his guidance. The femme was much like a child I'm that mannerism, or at least she felt like one. It was strange not having him around when she was young; yet, now he was a stable member of her pack. Zakur was her pack, she was responsible for the others. Within her brain the female was grinning, but her physical existence remained empty of emotions. They were forever guarded behind walls, after all she needed some protection.

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The Timber brute was very pleased with how Zakur was shaping up to be, and he also believed that Nashira was doing a marvelous job as an alphess. He had never doubted her ability to lead a group of wolves, and she had certainly proved herself able to Chaika as well as the other individuals in the pack. The male was pretty sure that she was the only female to have a pack of her own on Anikira, but that didn't mean she was any less of an alpha. He had always had a powerful respect for femmes and their ability to do anything that males can do. The canine had, unfortunately, not been able to have much of a conversation with his alphess since the claiming, but he assumed that she, too, was also satisfied with her own work as well as her pack's. He was surely proud to be under her rule.

Repetitiveness had overcome the male as he carried out his daily routine. Wake up, hunt, have a drink at Nyspoli's Pool, hunt, bring his prey to the Kinath, go to sleep - this was all that Chaika had been doing since the creation of the reformed pack that he was now a proud hunter for. Of course, here and there he would find himself taking a short nap or socializing with a few of his pack mates, but the large majority of his time and energy was spent on carrying out his hunting duties. His beloved mother had taught him as a pup that the reason that wolves are a part of packs was so that they could rely on each other to live and thrive together. Chaika's role in Zakur was to ensure that each of his pack mates was well fed, and he was committed to exceeding in his work. In the back of his mind, the brute was also aware that hunting assisted in allowing his brain to slip away from the thought that Kiddo had left Amar stranded without any knowledge of his whereabouts.

After snapping the neck of yet another stoat, the male walked briskly in the direction of the small stash of prey that he had been collecting throughout the day. It had been a fairly decent day in terms of hunting success for the brute. As his brown orbs carefully accounted for the number of carcasses he had piled in front of him, the male saw one medium sized rabbits, two stoats, and a young fawn that he had killed after tracking a small group of deer for a little over an hour. When he had discovered the scent of the deer, he had considered the idea of a pack hunt. The hunt would have been much more fruitful if there were many wolves cooperating with one another, and they could have returned with at least triple the amount of meat that he had been able to get on his own.

With a deep sigh, the male gently grasped the rabbit and fawn in his powerful jaws and began to carry them in the general direction of the mountain range that towered above the forest. He would leave the stoats behind for him to devour later or for anyone who decided to snatch them up before he returned. He arrived at the foot of the mountains rather quickly, and the brute started the difficult climb up to the dens. About halfway up to the entrance of the caverns, the sweet smell of a familiar female entered his nose. An excited wiggle of his tail led to the brute bounding up the rocky structure, taking a small detour from his original destination. As he neared the origin of the scent, Chaika recognized the smell as Nashira's.

Coming around a bend, muddy orbs spotted the Mexican femme perched upon a rock not five yards ahead of him. Chaika approached her cautiously, knowing that startling a canine this high off the ground wasn't the brightest idea. The Timber male carefully placed his prey on the ground before calling out with a soft, respectful voice, "Greetings, my Alphess." The brute took two slow steps closer before continuing with a slight amount of seriousness, "If you do not wish for my company, I shall leave. I do not want to intrude." The male hoped that she did want him there, his brown eyes showed that he was desperate to have some sort of social interaction with another canine at this time. It had been a long day of hard work, and nothing said relaxation like a pleasant conversation with a friend. At least he thought of her as a friend, but he wasn't exactly aware of whether or not she thought the same of him.

ooc: Sorry this isn't great, I just wanted to get something up since this thread has been around for so long.
tags: @nashira