The time was now. I had given that call and fairly enough, I had waited. Under what reasoning though? Had my call not been ignored? Where was the mighty challenger who had slain our former leader? Where was she who had caused a pair to die so wrongly? I could not really answer that and so, I would not try. I knew what this meant though and you can bet I was ready. I would stand my ground when the day came that I might have to answer my own call. That day isn't now though. I am here to stand up for those who had never been given a say in any of this. I was here to stand up for the young lives who had forever been changed in this wrong-doing.

It all changed now though. I was through beating around the bush and I would not waste a moment's time in any of this. They needed to know that one of their own rose up to the metaphorical throne. One of their own would now stand not only before them, but with them. This was a pack; a family. This was not some tyrant-driven pack land. No ma'am! This was mine now and you can bet I'd stand my paws firmly here to make it known across the pack lands. Alliances would be sought after once more and they would know that everything could slowly fall back into place.

My mind buzzed with so many thoughts. This was exhilerating; this was grand. The excitement had grown so fresh within me If I could dance on my paws right now you can bet I would be. My tail whisked high over my loins and my nose lifted high. I slipped back over the border of my home. No. This was our home. My eyes closed as I inhaled the scents around me. I scrunched my nose a little though and grunted softly. Her scent will linger for a little while perhaps. I had been willing to let her remain beneath our grounds though; I would not let it remain as though she had free will. This was my pack now. This belonged to the mountain wolves and not strangers. My eyes open again and I blink a couple of times. My ears flick and I capture the sounds of the mountains. The birds singing their tunes in the last moments of dusk. They were getting ready to bed down for the night. We wolves had hours yet though; before we might lay our heads to slumber.

No more would I do this beneath the structures of a small den not fit for a family of four. No ma'am! I was moving up in the world. My family and I would find ourselves in the larger den now. The den fit for an Alpha's own. Alpha. That was my title now. I took another deep breath and just stood there a couple of moments. I smiled softly then and began my movements further into the homeland again. I eventually came to a pause by the large den in which had house so many alphas before me. I inhaled the scents and closed my eyes again. I missed them as any of our own might. I would do well by them. It is something I can hope for anyway. I would not doubt my determination and ability to do this after all.

I slipped from the entrance of the den once more and stood just outside of it now. I took a few more confident steps and paused. My ears flicked forward and my tail flagged up over my loins again. My nose lifts toward the heavens above and that song begins. Soft at first and then, it grows in volume. I sang for them; my pack. My friends to come hither and greet their newest Leader. I would fall quiet then and wait. No words escaping my lips until they had gathered and would hear what I had to say.