He was still getting used to being a pack again. Being with the Demonican wolves had been different. They were a group but they were never at peace with each other. They lived for bloodshed and chaos so it followed them everywhere. There were always fights breaking out and half of them ended in death. He didn't see how they were able to grow as vastly as they did like this but somehow, the Demonican wolves made it work. Their passion for bloodshed only rivaled their passion for more carnal desires and therefore, there was always an abundance of cubs running around, practicing hunting and sparring with their siblings. They watched the violence and fed off of it. Sometimes Cuirass wished he could have grown up like this, in a pack so alike yet so diverse. Maybe he would understand more of his lineage if he had been raised in a Demonican pack and yet he couldn't blame Eric and Seline for the life they gave him. He was alwasy fed and always sheltered. Kronos and he never knew a day of being scared or feeling alone. They always had one or the other parent looking over them from the shadows and otherwise they had each other.

Being on his own after he left the Demonican's had been less of a challenge since he was so used to being along. When Kronos had decided to venture off after their first year, Cuirass got used to his own shadow. Asteraia was a nice enough place growing up with wide open fields and plenty of game to keep him nourished. The Monster did well by him in training him to fend for himself. Sure, some of her ways weren't exactly orthodox, using a cougar to spar with him when he was only a yearling, but he learned from it. He couldn't deny that. Fighting was in his blood, as was killing. There was no denying that either so he wouldn't. It only made him stronger. He knew Eric was deadly in his day and Seline was the seductive shadow that enjoyed toying with her meals. He had taken charm from one and power from the other, enough to make him a very dangerous weapon. Being here made him feel like a caged animal sometimes, made him restless. The fog made everything less clear and so he had to take his time when he was used to running wide open to get where he was going. Doing that here would only bring you a muddy step and a quick death in the jaws of a swamp dweller.

He would have to learn to walk the ways of the swamp lands but at least he knew a girl who could teach him that, if he could find her. Belhara's scent had led him back here but he had yet to come across her. Maybe she was playing hide and seek with him again. He did so enjoy their games. The thought made his lips twitch in a smirk, his tail swishing behind him as he moved along the banks and deeper into the heart of the pack lands. The new alpha's scent was growing stronger as she marked her territory. He was unsure because she was so young but he was willing to keep an open mind. She had to do better than the last alpha who seemed almost scared of his own shadow. Cuirass had played the ambitious card with him and it had worked. The alpha wanted someone to trust so he preyed on that with his charms, telling him he would find the traitors and bring them to him. Apparently he didn't find them fast enough for when he returned to Iromar, the male alpha was dead and the new female was in his place. He heared there used to be an alpha pair but no one seemed to know what had happened to the male's mate. She seemingly disappeared into the mist.

He had made his story known to the new alpha, wanting to be up front with her since he wasn't going to hide what he was. She accepted him as long as he promised to obey her rules and not attack pack. He could do that but he was restless. He needed a job to do. He had run into a pup who he decided to feed but nothing had come of the meeting so he was still in search. He knew he needed to protect someone or spar. He was willing to fight anyone to prove himself. She had only to choose an opponent or have one step forward to challenge. He wouldn't take no for an answer. He had never been good at that. When he saw a flash of color, he snapped his head around and blinked in surprise. It was none other than the new alpha herself jumping and pouncing around like a pup. His ears flicked back and forth in uncertainty as he tilted his head, merely watching at first before he sat and curled his tail around his haunches, clearing his throat.

"I HOPE I'M NOT INTERRUPTING."

His lips twitched toward a smirk, blue eyes glowing with humor.