The breeze made the call lift to my ears, it twisted around in echoes about my ears, before they flattened flat to my skull, and the beginnings of a devil’s snarl rumbled in my chest. I moved through the mists of my home, silent and blurring in and out of focus. I lift my head and catch the unfamiliar scents riding the wind as it dances with the mists, before roaming off to faraway lands and distant wolves. I was not happy in the least, and I would make my displeasure known. They will learn who I am and what I am, and what I am by bloodline. Those who will try to rule over me and those that are mine will be dead, or maybe they will simply disappear as I banish them away into the recesses of my memory like some bad dream not worth the time or effort. The only one who will control me is Ruvindra. She can tighten my leash and keep me chained, and yet all that takes is a few words, and she has me trapped with her will and command, every word she spoke is law, when she chooses to trap me under her paw. She has full control over my heart, she has full control over my soul, she controls this devil in angel’s clothes. They better pray to whoever it is they worship that they haven’t taken what is mine from me. My fur rises as I come into the outer circle of the gathering, eyes only on the form of Ruvindra, and I make my way to her side.

I am uncertain and it gnaws and chews on my heart, even as I am so close to her and I’m in the place I’m meant to be. I draw my tongue over my lips and keep my gaze carefully on my paws as my mind screams and churns. Her perfume surrounds me, the one I’ll ever succumb too, and my gaze eventually lifts to this new wolf in charge, my ears still flat to my skull and my fur still bristled. Her aroma threads into my own, and indeed this is the way it should be, my eyes locked rebelliously to this new alpha, the pale sky blue challenging, and in truth that will never subside. I want to rip him to pieces and tear and snap, want to howl a call to war and one that I would win. I know that I could win that war, that my howl will be the one that those beneath this new alpha would fear, one that would compel them to obey. As it is I hold my place like a good little pet, ears flat and fur bristled and eyes challenging, tail giving a single stiff swing at the closeness of Ruvindra, before I force my fur to smooth back over and my muscles to loosen up, though my eyes still retain their challenge. One step closer and the fur would bristle again and the growl would bubble forth, and I cannot say what would happen if my limits are tested. If any of them came closer I will fight them and snap their brittleness, they would all fall, the blood would flow, and I would do it all for Ruvindra, everything I do it is all for her. It’s like a fire that’s confined to my veins, like a storm confined to my head, a heavy shroud of clouded red mist, a deep raging primal urge. Without Ruvindra I would be empty. There would be an ache in my chest, where Ruvindra had dug herself into and clasped his heart between her open jaws. I have memorized her scent, I have memorized the way she looks no matter the weather or visibility rate. I remember how her touch feels, the way her voice sounds, the way she smells. She smells of the mist, of fresh waters, clean fur, and of aquatic herbs.

I am here. I hold my position and very, very slowly look at the others gathered, never lingering on one more than the other, no one longer than the other, I hadn’t come for them. I would never come for them, they do not hold my heart, none of them look worth my my time, not even worth a second. I inhale a deep breath, filling my senses and lungs with Ruvindra’s scent. My heart. My pale sky eyes glimmer with the demonic crimson that swirled around the pupils, my head lifts as I’m sure my lineage shows, my moonsilver and black and russet coat standing out amongst the horde of black wolves. It shines and glimmers amongst these dull blacks, glinting and shimmering like a silver coat, yes let’s see who likes this devil in angel’s clothes, with murder in my eyes.