On the Edge [Descai Pups]

[Valeria]

There was something about dancing on the edge of the pack's territory that appealed to the young heiress. Valeria smirked dangerously as she tread the line in between the neighboring southern pack, Tassos, and her own home. The little black and gold wolf could never understand what the big deal was. After all, Descai was the best pack ever. Of course, that meant that they could do whatever they wanted, right? Val's golden eyes glistened with excitement. She could not wait until she was older and could wander the continent, taking over whatever she wanted and leading like the strong wolf that she was. Her love for her family was strong, but even from a young age she felt the urge to wander and be her own wolf. She did not want to piggy back on her father's position as the alpha. She respected her mother, but she did not have as strong of a bond with her as she did her father. Valeria idolized her father, and she knew she could be just as good, if not better, than him if given the chance. While she loved her father, she also knew that he did not have any respect for the other females in the pack. Of course, she was blood, so he would not treat her that way. But she saw things.

Valeria knew that Shayde's pups were her daddy's as well. But they had a different mother. Her father refused to take a mate, and she knew it caused tension in the pack. While she loved her older brothers, she could not help but feel jealous that they were the pups of the beta female while she was just the daughter of a shaman. That was not to say that she did not love her mother; quite the contrary. They had a relationship, but Val was too much like her mother for them to have a buddy-buddy connection. They just butted heads, and she could not do anything to help it. And of course, with her brother Atlas, things were never normal. She did not know what his deal was. He did not seem to be anything like her and her sister; he was so much weaker and did not have the same ideas they did. That made him different, and so that mean he would be ostracized. She did not really care that much. He could go play with the bastard pups.

The little black and gold puppy giggled. She knew that her daddy did not much like her knowing that term, but a few times she had overheard him muttering it under his breath when he thought she was not around. The one time that Valeria called the litter that to her face was when her mother smacked her around a bit. While she knew her momma agreed with her, it was still impolite. She hated having to apologize to Angel. She was just such a weirdo, and she did not want to feel responsible to anyone. She was strong and they were not important. She was the daughter of the alpha, and that meant she was better than even Angel or the others. She was destined for greatness, where they would likely stick around here forever.

There was a whole world out there for her to see. It was only a matter of time before she seized the opportunity and took with her whoever would follow.

Word Count: 572 words

Muse: So-so

Tags: Any pups of Descai.

Notes: I actually feel really good about getting a post up (:

[Zirena]

Zirena had snuck out again. Her family had seemed preoccupied with other things to be keeping too close of an eye on her. So, she was able to slip away from them with ease. She had been getting better at getting away when she needed to. There was something about being on her own, being independent, being without her parents and siblings breathing down her neck. Don't get her wrong, she loved them to death but sometimes they got overwhelming. Family life was stressful on the young princess. With her father being the alpha, she felt as if everyone was watching her and her siblings extra closely. Like they were expecting the most out of them, as they should. But, it was still stressful. Zirena knew that she had to step up to the plate and make her own in the pack. She was getting older now and it was time to try the different trades in the pack and take one. She had never witnessed a "promotion" of a wolf from subordinate to a rank of worth. She would have to ask Daddy about that later. Zirena felt equally close to both her parents. She didn't favor one over the other. But she did noticed her father's behavior. She watches everything her parents and pack do, even when they don't know she's there. She knew Daddy didn't like females but Zirena could never figure out why. Did Daddy secretly like her less because she was a girl? When she grew older, would Daddy treat her like the other females in the pack? Daddy seemed to like Mommy. Mommy was the beta of the pack so he must like her at least a little bit? Zirena felt determined to prove her worth to her family. She was small but certainly not weak or in capable. She only needed a chance. She could be whatever she wanted to be and be the best at it! Maybe she was a bit full of herself but that's who she was. It was nice to be able to get away from them and the drama for a little while. She planned on being back before anyone missed her. She didn't want to send the pack into a search mission for her. "Just a little adventure and then I'll be back,"she told herself.

She was getting closer to the edge of the pack territory and Valeria came into view. Zirena's untrained nose had not picked her scent up before. The young pup had been distracted with thoughts of other things. Valeria was her sister...well half sister. They had the same Daddy but not the same Mom. Valeria's mom was the Shaman who was also training their eldest brother as a warrior. Zirena didn't have an overly close relationship with Ryker. The age difference between the two was too large for them to bond. Besides, he wasn't very fun to play with. He was more reserved and up tight. Of course Zirena had lots of "siblings" to play with. She had Valeria, Zeph, Syph, Sly, Atlas and Zofia. She hadn't "bonded" closely with anyone other than her blood brothers but she'd like to get to know them better. Atlas and Sly were the odd balls out for sure. Atlas wasn't like any of the rest of them and he was a weird color of white. The only white wolf that Zirena could think of was Angel and Angel couldn't have been the dad because she's a girl. It was very odd to Zirena how different Atlas was. Sly, she remembered when Daddy brought Sly to her and Mommy and her brothers. Sly wasn't really her brother and it was hard for her to accept him. He too was an odd one out. Then of course were Angel's pups. They were the bastards of the family. A smile crept on the young pups face. Daddy didn't like it when she said that word but he said it all the time under his breath so she didn't see what the big deal was.

"Hey, you wanna leave here just for a little bit?"She said to her younger half sister as she approached. She knew that she could get in trouble if Valeria told on her but she was taking the chance that her younger sister might actually be cool and go with her. She always wanted an adventure buddy anyway!  

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