I huffed with my head still on Curse, he glanced at me again and just turned away. I figured he was flustered, but once again, we haven't even matured yet I have no interest in trying to find a mate currently. I sighed standing up and stretching, I was bored but Curse did say we should probably patrol again. Curse stared at me with his head slightly tilted

"You said we need to patrol, didn't you? so why don't we," I said and this caught the attention of a few others who rose to their feet. Curse gave in and led the patrol, everyone splitting up. everyone was in pairs of two Curse and I were a pair and sent to look through the ore rugged areas.

I sighed as i watched Curse, Rose and some other military raptors go out to patrol. I hated being bored and cooped up. They couldve atleast asked us if we wanted to join. I knew for a fact Jade and me would love to go. Or atleast Dad should let us go out and explore or something. But sadly, i was stuck in a ball of my family. I huffed again before shifting my weight, trying to get confortable. For some reason Miracle always wanted to be close when sleeping/napping/resting and i couldnt lie, it was getting anoyying. Why cant things go back to the way they were? I asked myself anoyyed.

The terrain here was nothing compared to that of the facility's landscape. There weren't any trails but it wasn't as random and the sights were consistent. I was thrilled I picked the den location where I did because a lot of predators seemed to loom in the less condensed areas.

"smart choice on the den, less large predators can get in, meaning we don't have to worry as much when we sleep," Curse said

"Thank you for the compliment, I knew what I was doing. I didn't know how many larger predators there were but I figured the best bet was the current location, and I wasn't wrong." I said as we ran back, everyone was back and accounted for. No one ran into anything suspicious so things were good.

After a while Curse, Rose and the others came back. The whole time they were gone i just layed down, staring out of the den. When they got back they did a quick head count and made sure no one saw anything suspicious. As they talked i let my mind wandered. I thought about what it would be like to be an alpha, have a mate, and childern. I thought about me and my family being happy in our own little pack. I thought about how somehow we brang back mom and our other siblings to life and we were just a big happy family. I then thought that somehow Rose realized she was wrong about Amor and they got together. I then thought about having a huge, pretty territory that was safe. I thought about a quite alot more things before i slowly fell asleep.

I watched as the boys began to play fight again, I went back to the cave and sat down. It didn't take me long to realize this was also how they established dominance without hurting each other and being respectful. Everyone equally wrestled, even Curse who always came out on top. I guess it was just a fun and easy way to figure things out. If someone beat someone of higher rank they did a best out of 3 just to do a double take.

"Those boys really are smart about how they figure out their positions," My father said

"Yeah," My mother agreed and I just nodded

"Since you are the only official female in the pack other thank your mother you automatically have the right to the highest female rank," My father explained "You mother is obviously considered a mother since she has a mate and has produced eggs," He said explaining our roles "I'm currently just an experienced hunter but I'm content with that, it feels nice to not be in charge but still be respected," He went on.
"I'm not used to you talking this much dad," I joked

"Well no one is too close to us, so I feel less restricted on what I can say," He said with a chuckle, he earned a laugh from me and my mom as well. I sighed with a smile. It felt nice to finally chill with my parents without having siblings around. It was obvious I was a loner and I'm more built for the wild-life than enclosure-life.