Do you guys have ANY idea how hard it is to drag a deer corpse through the snow? Wait, I'm not done. Through the snow out of a freaking pack and into the badlands. Okay, they aren't bad but I rather liked to call them that. Made them seen mysterious and dangerous. Except, they are. I knew that first hand, but I try to avoid that memory because I just leads me down desperate, dark pathes. Instead I focus on the HUMONGOUS deer that bruises my jaw as I growl and heave and pull. I am pretty much fully grown and pretty impressive, I might add, thanks to my mothers thick build and my fathers height, but even I know that one wolf struggles with such a load.
It all has a purpose, though. So I drag and pull through the drifts, cursing when it seems to catch on something hidden beneath the snow, until FINALLY I find myself near the grotto. Lots of wolves hole up in there for the winter. I know it, I can smell them, and besides, those that didn't could hear my echo from miles around as I climb boldly atop a snow-covered boulder with the deer at the base and throw my head up into a loud howl.
It sings for others to come visit me and I wait until I spy figures in the distance, curious, and then I fluff up my tail, scruff, and back so that I appear even larger. Not to mention very Empress-like, despite my title being merely Queen. I could be called whatever I wanted, remember. Rulers had that choice!
"Hey, come on over here," I shout to whoever I see. "You can get a free meal if you just listen to what I have to say!"
Because obviously bribery was the way to go about recruiting for a pack. Last time I stole a wolf he got all huffy and called me FAT - I was merely trying to help the miserable fellow. So I wanted to try a different tactic before I resorted to such standards again, despite how accomplished my mother had been at them, and I grin boldly at whoever appears. "Hungry? Its a bit lean out here on your own," I say nonchalantly while angling my head in a cocky manner, the deer directly beneath me. It wasn't warm anymore but it would satisfy.