The trip was taking way to long. Athena was irritated with Hawke as she was constantly being a bitch. Her mind felt like it was going to explode. She just needed to get away from the other two wolves. A breather was all she needed.

Trotting through the trees made her slightly uneasy. She was used to the mountains and open spaces. Her view of the world was crunched and it made her edgy. It didn't help that she was mentally exhausted, so overall it would be a bad idea to piss her off right now.

She had her nose in the air and eyes forward, concentrating on where she was going. She wondered when she should be heading back, since she only told Valiant she'd be gone for only a little bit. Oh, well. I'll find him if he leaves, she thought to heself.

A slight shiver ran through the white lady's body, but it rock her body as it used to. She never really was susceptible to the cold. Her body could take the cold in the mountains, but in the state that she was in before, she felt the cold more often. You can have seen her ribs protruding out of her sides. Her legs were lanky and thin. Her condition was getting worse by the day when she was alone. But now since she's been with Val and Hawke, she's been gaining weight. Her ribs don't show as much and she's getting her muscle back in her legs from traveling all the time. She felt like she was in a new body. There was much more energy to run and she was able to take down bigger game. Athena felt like she could actually live through this harsh winter.

Still trotting along, she glanced at some of the small animals running around. Her stomach growled slightly, interrupting the silence around her. Her hungry orbs spotted a hare by some brush, cleaning itself. Athena slowed to a walk and crouched down in her stalking position. She crept forward, eyes concentrated on her prey. Her eyes pricked forward, reading for the swift attack to come. Suddenly a female voice interrupting her concentration. She growled as the hare ran away from his spot, bounding through the trees away from her. Athena marched herself towards the lupine's voice. The white lady was pissed that the female disrupted her hunt. All her irritation from the trip, filled up inside her, ready to escape.

"Did you really have to do that?"

Athena said annoyed. She walked out of the brush, towards the female wolf. She oddly had her paw over her muzzle, as if she was disciplining herself. Ohh, great. I have an odd one on my hands. The white lady thought to herself as she faced the female.

Territory? Yeah, right. The white lady narrowed her eyes at the wolf before her. She was either speaking lies or she just sucks at border marking. Either way, Athena wasn't taking the bait. "Well, I'd advise you to mark your borders a little more properly then," she said flatly with her slight foreign accent.

She wasn't in the mood for small talk, her mind was just too aggitated. Her eyes still narrowed, her ears pricked forward, she lowered her neck slightly to cover her nape, her body language wasn't all that friendly. "No thanks. I can manage on my own," she said bluntly. Her irritation sometimes gets the best of her.

Oh, so she wants to play along, the white female thought with amusement. She had no problem with letting her irritation get the best of her; who knows, maybe a scuffle will come along, relieving Athena of all her built up stress. Narrowing her eyes, a deep growl rumbled inside her, threatening to escape out as a snarl. "You have no right to tell me what I should do. This is no land of yours and I shall do as I please. Whether you like it or not." Her tone was cold and hostile, holding no friendliness to it.

The white female lost all amusement when the opposing wolf took a step closer to her. Space was always a deal with her. She didn't like being so close to other wolves; you can't react fast enough if they decide to attack. With the female's words spoken, she truthfully didn't care if it was her business or not. In the future, if she didn't want wolves on her so called territory, she should learn how to mark much better or leave it to the big dogs. "I advise you to back away," was all Athena decided to muster out of her clenched teeth. If the wolf decided not to back away from her, she wouldn't hesitate with attacking her. Personal space was valued and any wolf to intrude it would pay the consequences.

Indeed, it was very wise of the female to back away from Athena. This made the white lady a little less aggravated. But, not enough to get rid of all of it. She shook her head, trying to make herself calmer. Athena began to pace back and forth, looking like a feline cat trapped in a cage with nothing to do. She grumbled to herself as the female tried to speak her peace.



It was true, she could have ignored the female, but in her aggressive state, that wasn’t something she was thinking about doing. The pacing eventually relieved some of her built up tension and she clamed her normally calm stature. Glancing back at the wolf before her, her eyes finally softened again; she began to apologize for her actions. ”Sorry about that,” she began with her foreign accent. ”Things have been rather…stressful for me lately.” She finished with a forced, pathetic smile.



Today was not the day for fighting that was for sure.