Someone is coming, my ears twitch as I wait almost expectantly. Except what I see is a yearling, a puppy, and that is not what I had been expecting in the least. Younglings...are admittedly some of my favorite things. They are full of energy and playful innocense a thing which is so high of value. Something I have always protected, something that should be cherished. I should know, I have a daughter of mine own. If this youngling was here an adult surely could not be far behind.

"I have come to pay my respects little one. It was a learning expirience and I have learned. He knows not I am here, and I am here to make things right." My ears swivel as the youngling barks, calling for Alcide as I would have expected. After all Alcide would no doubt be pleased to see me back so soon. We had not had a pleasant battle after all, and indeed now in turn of having lost I am here to offer my allegiance. I am after all an honorable wolf, and this is a way of redeeming myself. To prove that I am not just some relentless wolf intent on breaking them apart. That is not who I am. I have never been anything remotely similar to that. I am just another young wolf trying to find his place in this world. My half sister had found hers, and so I wanted mine.

I remain awaiting someone else, and it isn't long before Alcide shows himself. He isn't happy to see me and I'm not surprised really. I lower myself towards the ground my fur perfectly smooth, easily falling into a submissive pose to get right to the point that I am not here as a threat. I do not move as his snarls rise my deep gold eyes fixated on the ground in front of my paws. It does however sting at me when he feels the need to use himself as a barrier for the youngling, because I have never harmed a young one and never would. I would however, kill to protect any young one I saw in danger. Attacking something so small, helpless, an innocent has never sat well with me. I finally lift my golden gaze, as the snarling begins to die down. I keep my posture submissive, but I have allowed it to loosen the slightest degree. Let him see how sincere I am by the way I am acting. Inverted eyes watch him as if waiting for some kind of verdict, and I do not have to wait long before he speaks.

"To pay my dues. You have taught me much, and I want to pay some kind of service back." My tail waves the slightest bit behind me, a sincere smile wavering over my lips. I am not capable of trickery or deceit, never once has my mind even wondered about such topics, and neither do I have any need to learn such dark talents. I had barely felt like myself when I had been in the challenge with Alcide, no it had felt wrong sometime throughout because the alpha had done nothing to want to cause any form of harm to him. It is not who I usually am, and now I have to repent for what my own mind has clarified as a sin to me. I should never harm another unless they verifiably deserve it, and Alcide had done nothing to provoke that mindset. I had been so foolish. I must make sure it would not happen again.