She was only a small ways from her den but with her shoulder, it felt a lot further and she stopped, flopping her butt down on the ground. Her ear twitched and she could hear someone coming. Once again the carcass scent was flooding her nose so she couldn't tell who it was but she assumed one of her pack mates so when Shark came up she was surprised.
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Chione was extra surprised when he offered his help though. "I- um, I would appreciate it thank you. I seem to have had bad luck with my prey the past few days" she said sheepishly, smiling at him in a friendly way but not wanting to get too comfortable either. "Why are you so far over here today?" She asked. She had made extra sure she wasn't in their territory today, so she knew she hadn't gone the wrong way again

Shark laughs before said " boredom nothing to do in my lands just boss and sit around " as he walks over and then looks at her glad he was allowed to help if he see her pack then he would leave but he didn't smell a trap anywhere

“Ah, I see,” she said. It confused her that he wasn't too busy with battle plans or something, but she wasn't complaining about abut that. Either 1, it meant they already perfected a plan and were waiting to execute it, or they weren't planning anything yet. She was hoping for the latter.

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“Thanks for the help um... Sir? Alpha? Shark? I don't know what you'd like me to call you” she said, hoping he'd clear that up for her

Shark smiles before saying " call me Shark not alpha or sir I hate names or you can come up with a Nickname " as he looks at her before nodding and said " I'll still would see you tonight right or does your alpha need you at all" as he kinda likes being with her and hearing her talk to him

Chione smiles, glad she doesn't have to be as formal with him. "Shark it is then," she says. She could see her den site from here and was relieved they wouldn't have to pull the doe much further, her teeth were starting to hurt from compensating with them from her leg.

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She thought for a minute, "I actually think I'm good for the rest of the day" she said "I'll check back with my alpha to make sure but I did what I was supposed to soo... If you want to just stay at my den while I check you can. I mean, if you're still avoiding having to boss everyone around that is"

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Hey! I apologize for not replying sooner, I was spending valentines and the days around it with my S/O and didn't see you had replied TvT

Shark helps her before saying " would it be safe if I stay you know I am in your land not my own " as he knew he would get caught if he was on their land but then again she will have to help him out if he does shark whines and then said " I'll drag it you take a breather you need it " as he shakes his fur and looks around and sighed

( is okay I got a idea do you want him to like get caught by your alpha since he follows you and saw shark)

"It should be, no one really comes to my den since they respect my privacy," She said. "And if they do they don't come into the actual den so you'd be alright." Chione smiled, "It's alright we're almost there, and I'll live" She felt bad having help already she didn't want to make Shark do it all by himself.

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Little did they know Bear had come to help Chione, hoping to talk about how training went. But when Chione had come into view he stopped, seeing the other pack's alpha with her. At first, he saw her limp and thought she must be in danger, being threatened or something and he almost jumped out to tackle Shark, but he decided to watch and look for a weak spot. As he watched them though, it seemed more and more like Chione was choosing to let herself be in this situation. Her tail swished, her ears laid back comfortably, and she talked to him pretty freely it seemed. Bear was more confused than a squirrel with its tail missing, so he continued to follow them carefully.

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(Sure, that sounds great!)

Shark smiles and said " thank you for caring about me I drag a lot of food to my pack by myself easily " as he smiles before looking around and smelling think he smelled someone who was following but then again he didn't think it was someone probably only her before saying " your limping what happen to your leg " as he looks at her and whines not wanting her to be hurt he want to care for her why he through before looking back at her and sighed. Shark yawns and pulls with all his strength before looking around again

Chione smiled back at him "That makes sense, you do have the build for it" She pointed out. She let go once they were at her den and finally looked back at her leg, that must've drawn attention to it though cause Shark asked about it. "Ah, I'll be fine just got kicked when I was killing it" She gestured to the doe now laying on the ground. "I promise I'll be fine though" She reassured him when he whined. "You wanna go inside?" she asked

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Bear growled under his breath. How dare Shark invade his territory? He followed them still, not realizing he was getting a little too close. So when the invading alpha looked in his direction he bent down and backed up a little bit, and once out of the way again he kept watching.

Shark look at her and said " sure I guess I'll go inside and wait " as he felt like a puppy again and smiles he like being a puppy as he heads inside and smiles as he looks around the den and nods to himself it was a nice size really shark said " beautiful house really " as he looks back at her and smiles before looking away and sighed he shouldn't be here with her