The borders in the mountains were untouched with foreign scents, so she made her way back down to the lake. She wondered what her other pack mates were doing. She had not seen them on the borders, well besides the occasional sisyhR. ariaN was forbidden to patrol, but anehtA caught her at times. Her other pack mate, avA was nowhere to be seen. The white lady never saw her on the borders or even in the mountains. Something was up and anehtA was going to find the underlying cause of it.



With another male in the pack, ddeJ, she was taking some time to get used to his scent. She showed him the den and where he could put his goat, but she has not seen him since. Maybe it was because she spent so much time paroling the borders that she always missed them when she came back towards Lost Lake. Either way, she needed to get to know the two to make sure she saw they were worthy even if it wasn't her decision to decide if they were worthy or not.



As she came down the rocky, slope, stopping at an outcrop overlooking the lake. She spotted the dark female by the shore. It was finally time. Time to meet the subordinate and get to know her before she started judging. She gracefully jumped down from her perch and walked towards the female. Her tail and head were slightly higher than she usually held them, but she was showing the girl her dominance over her. "Good afternoon," she said in her French accent to the girl. She stopped by her side looking over at the lake for a moment before she looked back her with stern eyes. Yes, she may be smaller than the other female, but that does not mean a thing.

Her amber eyes flicked back out towards the lake and the covering sky. Bellowing, dark clouds filled the once baby blue sky. So much for sun and the sunset tonight. Maybe tonight she would get to her den early and she could get more sleep than usual. She could not help but wonder if the upcoming storm would be overly dangerous. She did not want something to happen so quickly into the pack's making. It would be too devastating.



She glanced back at the female as she greeted her, her black expression blank. Her own eyes narrowed slightly, but soon after she relaxed herself. It was hard to relax around wolves she does not know. Her guarded shell always overrides the friendly, caring side around unfamiliar wolves. It was just something she could not control just yet. The arrival of the newest member made her even uneasier. Soon though, she would get used to them and maybe she will not be so guarded. Turning herself to face both of them, she greeted him with a dip of her head. She was bit more comfortable around the new wolf as she was the one to introduce him to the lands. ddeJ seemed all right when they made conversation on his tour, but she did not know him that well to be completely comfortable.



Deciding to make conversation instead of awkward silence, she began to speak of the upcoming pack meeting and hunt. "You may or may not know this, but there will soon be a pack meeting and hunt. Your appearance is mandatory." She said her accent slowing with her words. She softened her gaze as she looked over the two subordinates. If one of them did not show though, they better be prepared for sisyhR' wrath.

The white girl nodded at Jedd's response. It did not really faze her much being called ma'am. Her family used to speak formally like that, so she was quite used to it. Ava's reaction was different. A grin replaced her blank expression and excitement visually shot through her black body. At least she had blood-lust and she was not some lazy scumbag that could not hold up their own.



The black woman's question was unexpected, though. Indeed, she was raised by the mountains, but not in them. Although, she took trips almost everyday to them to watch the sunrise or sunset with her mother. "As a matter of fact, I was." She told the little group. She loved the mountains more than anything around. The mountains transformed a simple area iinto a magnificent landscape worth looking at.



"Ever since I was little, my mother and I used to climb up into the mountains and watch the sunrise or sunset together." She said softly, looking up at the mountains as she spoke of them. The sunrise and sunset were the only things that she had of her mother now, ever since her father took everything she had from her. Ripped it right out of her grasp before she had the time to appreciate it.

So Jedd was a Great Plains guy, no wonder he had a southern drawl. Athena then wondered if Rhysis came from the wide-open plains like Jedd. Maybe she will ask him some time when she gets the chance to talk to him. Jedd's question was unavoidable, he would in time ask one of them, so might as well tell him now. She, too, would want to know how their pack formed if she did not have to knowledge. She looked at both of her pack members before telling the tale of the Poison Path pack's creation.



"Naira, Rhysis, and I were all in the pack called Swift River. Naira had been their second, while Rhysis and I were only subordinates. Rhysis was planning to leave peacefully and I was going to come along with him, but the night that we left Swift River, Naira and Rhysis conceived. We knew then that we had to get out before the River wolves found out and tried to kill either Naira or Rhysis, so we ran and we picked up Ava on the way." She said. She did not go into detail about Rhysis's plan, she did not think Rhysis would like that very much, but instead told them the basic story of the beginning of Poison Path.