They were apologizing, lowering themselves and normally that might have been enough to sate Torianna in her need for dominance over others… but the fact that she’d been caused pain by this stranger? That wasn’t quite something she had been used to. She’d never really been harmed… that is.

“Yeah, it is your bad.” She emphasized with another hiss as she began to stalk forward, a near sadistic-laugh escaping as the stranger spoke of hurting her. “As if you could hurt me.” She scolded, nearly spitting with the vitriol in her voice. “Get out of here. Scram. I won’t repeat myself again.” A second warning… a third would be met with physical violence.

Tori watched as the loner scampered off, feeling successful as she laid claim over the pond and scared off a more adult wolf in the process. Yes, that was certainly something she quite enjoyed. She, in fact, felt as though she could get used to the feeling of pride that pumped in her chest. It was not until the stranger disappeared that she surveyed her kingdom and with it…

She felt a sense of disappointment.

She had been hoping for better, but she supposed it was a good place for her to start. She could work with this and continue to move forward. She turned, intent to survey the land and mark it her own before she’d return to the Backwater content.

Fade