Chapter One: Star-Crossed Scents
"How much farther?" The complaining whine of his sister sounded behind him.
The oldest of the pack scowled at his mate.
"Quit complaining. We're almost there." He growled at her.
She scowled up at him and huffed, folding her arms over her chest as she looked away. "Jackass." She grumbled.
He looked at her brother as he walked at the head of the pack, the chilly wind biting at his exposed face and hands.
"You really know where we're headed, this time?" He wondered of the younger male.
He nodded. "Yeah." He glanced back at him, meeting his amber eyes with a calm glacier blue stare.
"You're not complaining now, are you?" He asked, a faint smirk adorning his lips.
The older wolf scoffed.
"Bullshit; like I'd complain as much as your brat sister." He growled, smirking back.
He nodded and looked back at the cold gray skies overhead, letting the wind nip gently at his pale face and hands.
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"Thief! Come back here!"
The gray and black wolf-dog hopped over an over-turned trash can, sprinting down into the narrow alley leading away from the butcher shop and further away from the angered butcher.
A brief bark sounded before a slate gray she-wolf joined up at the wolf-dog's flank as she crossed through a wider alley to the outskirts of the town.
'Did you get it?' The she-wolf asked of her packmate, turning an icy blue eye on the shorter wolf-dog with orange eyes.
She nodded.
'Yeah. Barely got enough, 'cuz Dexter chased me out.' She replied, referring to the butcher's annoying brown Pomeranian.
She smirked wryly and shook her head as they neared the trees…
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A light howl sounded in the air, pricking her ears.
The black she-wolf stood from napping with the other two members of her pack, stretching her legs and yawning, flashing her sharp teeth, before she shook her fur as the remaining two members of the pack appeared from the frosted brush of their clearing.
'How'd it go?' She wondered calmly, sitting on her haunches as the gray and black wolf-dog dropped the four sausage links down to the ground at her paws.
She licked her chops absently to get rid of the pork scent on her jaws.
'Pretty good. The butcher's dog almost caught me though. Again.' She relayed, lowering her ears slightly.
The black wolf smirked slightly and shook her head with a calm sigh.
'Ya could've taken him, Mare. He's a walking dust-bunny, remember?' She reminded, turning her silver gaze on the wolf-dog when she lowered her ears humbly.
Mary pricked her ears and chuckled at her joke.
'Yeah, I know, Nik.' She smiled, wagging her tail slightly.
The gray wolf shook her fur calmly.
'So did you take another nap, then?' She asked, indicating the two slumbering wolves behind her friend.
Nikki blinked and scoffed calmly, smirking at the lanky wolf. 'Sorta. Geez, Jenni, so judgmental this early in the day.' She teased.
Jen rolled her eyes and smirked, perking an ear when the two aforementioned males seemed to stir from sleeping.
The blonde wolf yawned widely as he opened sleepy garnet eyes to see the girls were back.
He straightened from lying on his belly to stretch his legs and yawn a second time before he nudged the chocolate brown wolf a few feet away from him with a forepaw. 'Oi, rise and shine, Josh. The girls are back.' He growled to his brother.
The chocolate wolf that resembled a bear more than a canine opened a drowsy green eye before he grumbled something and opened both eyes, sitting up on his large paws and looking at the blonde wolf.
'Thanks for not howling in my ear again, Mitch.' He growled back, lifting a paw to rub his eyes of sand before yawning widely as he stood to stretch his legs.
Mitch smirked at his older brother, rolling his garnet eyes. 'Quit complaining.' He grumbled.
Josh shook his fur before catching whiff of the sausage links. 'Lunch time,' he smiled, abandoning the younger wolf's side to check out the spoils of hunting.
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The familiar scent of wolf made him pause short of walking further down the street.
The silver wolf looked at her brother, trotting to his side, causing her mate and the other three members of their pack to stop walking.
"What'd you smell?" She wondered gently of her older brother, perking his ears as he sniffed the air for further lead of the wolf scent.
"It's nothing." He replied quietly, earning a lifted brow from the she-wolf.
She lowered her ears slightly. "You sure?" She wondered.
He nodded and smiled for her benefit, ruffling her hair. "Yeah; don't worry over it." He chuckled lightly.
She smirked slightly and nodded back, shooing his hand off.
"Well alright. C'mon, let's find some food." She sighed, turning to walk back to her mate's side as they continued walking.
He looked about again.
The scent is faint, but it's definitely a wolf. Smells female, too. He deduced silently, trotting after his pack…
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