Amat victoria curam - Victory favors those who take pains

Eve escorted Sylvia and I to a smaller cave, three pups were playing in the field in front of the cave.
"Go on and play, I'll be fine." I tell Sylvia. She looks up, starts to say something, then nods and runs out of the cave. I sit at the entrance of the cave looking over the young pups.
I do hope she is okay.

Sylvia's P.O.V.

I ran toward the pups, one omega, two alphas. Weird, they smell like Eve and Winston. Decedents maybe? One of them waves a paw toward me. It was the smallest. I smile and wave back. They start to walk my way so I stop running. Their voices ring across the field.
"Stinky, what gave you that idea!?" A young female voice asks, one of the alphas.
"Well, did you see those markings?" The other alpha replies, apparently named Stinky.
"What of it?" The female asked.
"He must be a rouge." Stinky explained," So she must be a part of his pack."
"Then why would Nana and Papaw take them in?" The omega asks smartly.
"I agree with Runt." The female alpha commented.
"Yeah, besides,isn't she too young too be alone with him, if they were in a pack?" Runt adds.
"Ugh, too many points proven, okay, they aren't rouges." Stinky surrenders.
"Well of course we aren't." I say flatly, laughing anyway. Stinky jumps up in surprise, prompting even more laughter from my belly.
"Sorry for my brother's comments, he isn't the best with pick up lines." Runt throws a hit at his brothers game.
"RUNT! You little... I'll get you." Stinky pounces on his brother. They roll around and eventually get their energy spent and stop. I pull a grin and hide my laughter.
"Yeah, accusing a nice looking alpha like you of being a rouge is a plain taboo." Runt continued smoothly. My ears started to burn, no one had complemented me in that manner.
"W-Well thank you for the compliment." I stutter, blushing.
"Aw, boys, you're embarrassing her." At that point, a low growl grows in my throat. The female alpha backed away, eyes wide.
"Oh my god, did I offend you?" She asked.
"No... I just remembered a bad thought. Nothing at all."
"Oh! I forgot to mention, my name is Claudette" The female alpha introduced her self.
"And I guess those two are your hired guard?" I grin," They fight too much to be pro... Hmm, personal entourage? No! More like groupies." With each classification they tripped over their own feet. Claudette was stifling her laughter. I paw bump Claudette and we burst out laughing while the boys stumble over their words.
"My name is Sylvia, by the way." I introduce myself.
"Nice to meet you." Claudette smiles back. We trade goodbyes and head our separate ways. I head back to my cave.

Simon's P.O.V.

I look up to see Sylvie walking back, grinning sweetly.
"Reckon it went well?" I greet her. She giggles and hops around.
"Yep." She smiles.
"Winston dropped by while you had fun." I told her," There's a valley dinner of the four packs tonight."
"Oh really? Cool." She replies," I'm starving."
"Ditto." I laugh.
"So, you holding up alright?" I ask seriously.
"Not really... I keep thinking of Elysha." Her eyes start to tear.
"Oh, Sylvie." I pull her into an embrace," Try not to think about it."
"You know it's not that simple." She looks into my eyes.
"Yeah, but we gotta try." I look out the cave entrance, allowing a few tears to fall, "We have to stay strong."
"Yeah, I know."

Sylvia's P.O.V.

A leisurely hour passed at a snails pace, Simon had fallen asleep at the entrance of the cave. His light brown coat was matted with dirt and blood.
Geez bro, you need to take a bath!
I smell my underleg and almost vomit.
Make that a bath for two... Actually, never mind, you know incest laws and such. But lord do we need it.
I walk out to the clearing in front of the cave. A pleathera of smells bombard my sniffer. Eastern wolves, a couple of deer, and a hare... That is very close.
Yes! Chow time!
I take off in the direction of the scent. The hare had hopped into the woods, not just ten seconds ago. I quickened my pace and gained view of the hare. As if it could sense danger, it bolted. It ran faster than, well, a hare. I gain up to the hare, taking a snap at it's neck. It ducked and ran faster. I drive him to the valley field. I gained on him yet again, biting at his tail. All I receive is a mouth full of hair. A large bolder blocks the running path in front of us.
Got him!
He makes the jump over the large rock and I follow doing a twist and catching him in the belly area.
Gonna take this to Si.
Claudette stares at me admiringly," That was amazing!"
"Well, you can thank my sister." I tell her nonchalantly.
"Oh, where is she?" She asked.
"Her name was Elysha, she passed away four months ago." I tell her.
"Wait... You mean the alpha that won the games eleven years ago?" She gasped.
"That's the one." I chuckle at the thought of Elys and I hunting together. Claudette's gaze fogged up.
"Don't worry, she died quickly." I comfort her," Though I wish she didn't die at all."
Claudette gives a small shutter," She was a big influence on my mom's hunting life." She explained," Thus a major part of my life."
"Yeah, you won last year's games didn't you?" I pondered.
"Yep, oh! I forgot what I was gonna ask you when you told me about your sister." She told me," I'm putting a team for this year's games. Would you care to be a part of it?"
"Oh really!?" I ask," Heck yeah!"
"Okay. The next training session is tomorrow." She smiles to me and starts to walk away.
"I'll be there." I shout after her.
Okay.. I got this. I'm gonna make you proud sis!