When Icicle asked if she was kidding, Anya didn't say anything. She wasn't kidding, but it seemed Icicle wouldn't like that answer. Instead she just watched Icicle jump onto a low tree branch. As she began to talk Anya stared up at her, listening. Anya would follow Icicle as she walked and talked, continuing to listen. The more she listened the more she realized the traps were important. Afterall, anything to keep her pup safe without physically fighting was amazing in Anya's book. She hated fighting, and would do almost anything not to fight. Fights almost always brought heartache in her mind. Like seriously, why did the world have to be so violent? Why couldn't everybody just get along?

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When Icicle asked if she had questions she shook her head. "No, but im ready for the next thing." She said with a slight smile. The faster she learned, the faster she could get back to her pup. Atleast that's how it went with Flame. She wasn't sure how foxes taught, but it couldn't be that hard and/or different, right? As she waited for Icicle to give her instructions she reached her back leg to her neck before scratching an itch. It wasn't very feminine, but they were animals, so who cared?

Harry didn't let his guard down when the male sat down.

I don't trust him.

He eyed him as he spoke.

Harry nodded, the fur on his back slightly relaxed.

"Your name often comes up around camp." He said, bowing to the Alpha, not wanting him to put in a bad word to his own Alpha. How embarrassing would that be?

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He waited a bit before speaking again.

"I'm assuming that you know the way, just be careful of the construction zone. It's been growing." Worry flashed on his face for a split second before leaving, only to remain in his eyes.

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Without another word, he turned around and began the walk towards camp, making sure that the path was clear from humans.

He ducked into a hidden ally as a large truck rumbled by, his black face filled with disgust at the smell. He hated the city. He'd much prefer his rolling hills where the air was clean.

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He didn't bother to check to see if Alpha Shadow was still with him as he slid into camp.

He walked right over to Alha, and sat down in front of her.

"Alpha," he bowed his head, "I ran into Alpha Shadow on patrol. He said that there was important news to tell you."

He effortlessly slid into a laying position, eyes open for trouble.

Killjoy looked at Night in surprise.

"Attacked your apprentice?! Wow! How rude. I was out on morning patrol, and heard a fight, and saw the loner fighting a Queen... I still have to speak to her about that." He sighed heavily.

He does not need to know that I left the fight to go and cuddle with one of his hunters.

He thought, hoping that Rivers scent wasn't on his pelt still.

"I'm not sure where we would go to not raise a panic. I'm sure that I would have wolve that are willing to fight. Put Illusion to the test of if he is behind it again, or not." His ears went back at the thought.

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He walked along, alert to what was around them, and what was underfoot. He didn't feel like making a fool of himself infront of a fellow Alpha, and both of their Betas.

He glanced behind at the Betas, making sure that they were playing nice.

He then started to think of the best way to camp, a path without Rivers scent on it, coming to the conclusion that the hill would be his safest route.

Hondo l Male l Beta l M: Killjoy, Night, Fallon

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"Prey has been nice for now, rabbits havent burrowed yet so yeah." He said, slightly bowing his head to the alpha. "But winter is coming so prey will be scarce." He added. He then took the opportunity and asked Night. "Night, I swore you had another Beta. What happened to him?" He turned and looked at Fallon and then back to Night, and continued trottung along up the hill.

Harry watched Shadow and Alha's interaction closely, unsure if he trusted this wolf. He knew that he was a good wolf- as his Alpha seemed to trust him, but something deep inside of him just... wouldn't let him trust him.

He tried to relax in the wolf's presence, but he just couldn't. He wanted to, desperately, but his sisters bitter end was still fresh in the back of his mouth.

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He focused his attention on what he was saying instead.

Humans... invading? Of course. He couldn't help but roll his eyes, and huff a little bit. He knew that he'd been lucky with his human, as most of the dogs on the streets had face very harsh times from humans.

He didn't want to butt in, so he laid there, listening and watching, fighting his inner self to relax.

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Rather quite lost in the conversation, only knowing bits and pieces of this wolf, and his history, he narrowed his eyes, trying to piece the puzzle together. It took a lot, as he'd been told that he wasn't very bright on countless occasions; by humans, his sister, and even other stray dogs.

One thing did catch his attention.

He shot a worried glance at Alha, ears back.

I shall stand strong, I will fight it. The fear won't eat me, I will laugh in it's face. The worry washed off of his face, just to be replaced with his normal cold stone face.

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He felt rather quite special when his Alpha had said he could listen in. He slightly puffed his muscular chest out, and straighted a bit more, feeling a bit majestic... for a moment before his floppy ear flopped into his face. He huffed, and blew it out of the way, not wanting to take his eyes off of the wolf.

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Harry turned his head towards Shalah's den to watch her emerge as Alha barked. He gazed at her as she walked over.

He listened to her tease the Alpha, and noticed how relaxed she was. He wished that he could relax like that around a wolf, and hoped that some day he could.

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It seemed that Alpha Shadow wanted to skip over the fact that Alha bringing up pups made him visibly... sad? He was a wired livestock guardian dog, he was trained to pick up cues from his sheep when something was wrong, as well as emotions from his partner, and human.

He made sure to make eye contact with Shalah, before moving his eyes to Shadow, back to Shalah. There was something wrong with the wolf, and then it hit him like a truck.

He was grieving the loss of something. He gave him a pitiful look, although, his own grief was still raw.

Now realizing that they were more alike then he'd thought, he relaxed a bit more. He watched Shadow with sad eyes, not taking in the rest of conversation.

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When Shadow stood up, Harry did as well. He followed him to the ally before he spoke.

"Hey, I don't know what you went through, but just know that whatever you are facing, it will get better." He said, standing in conformation, his black muzzle pointed slightly down.

His deep voice rumbled out of his throat like thunder, but the words that had just rolled off his tongue suprised him.

Marbled rolled over in the nest that her and Brecken shared. She glared outside of the den. There was a lot going on. She blinked a couple of times, trying to get the sleep out of her eyes before bitting Brecken's tail to wake him up.

The small smal yelp, and tucked his tail in, away from her grab.

"Get up." She said, before standing up. She shook out her short pelt and set off for the entrence.

She looked back, and rolled her eyes at her mate that still laid in their nest.

She stepped out into the sunlight, and squinted her eyes against the harsh light. After blinking a couple of times, her eyes adjusted to it.

She lifted her nose to the air, and scented it.

The scent of milk tickled her nose, making her sneeze. She glanced towards Bee's den, tail wagging.

She started in that direction before stopping, deciding to let the queen sleep.

She looked around, nose moving as she sniffed the air yet again, trying to figure out if her brother was in the camp or not.

She came to the conclusion that he had been there not too long ago, but was not currently there.

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She sat down, and looked around. Morning Patrol had already gone out, wolves had hunted, although, it wouldn't hurt to hunt again, would it?

That was when she noticed the very heavily pregnant queen, Saige sitting near by.

Marbled had never really spoke to her, but decided that it would be nice to make new friends. She stood up, and trotted over to the Queen, tail wagging.

"Hello!" She said, happily panting. "How are you this morning?" Her green eyes shone happily as she sat down next to her.

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He woke up suddenly to a sharp pain to his tail. He growled, and tucked his tail out of Marbled's reach. He lifed his head to glare at her.

"Get up." She growled.

"No." He grumbled.

She left, and he laid there for just a couple more minutes before getting up and stretching.

He yawned, and padded out of the den, to get slapped in the face by the sunlight.

He turned around, and went back into the darker den. He sat there for a bit, watching outside, waiting for his eyes to adjust before going back out.

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He looked around, unsure what to do. He saw Marbled being social, so he decided that he would go and talk to the two scouts that were by the entrence to their dens.

"Hello!" He said trotting over, tail wagging.