[center][color=midnightblue][h1]Cassiopeia River Milane[/h1][/color][/center]
[center][h3]Town (Square) – Moonlight Manor Garden[/h3][/center]

The young woman hadn’t expected the man to think her brash or cocky like many young wolves were though she had to admit that it was easier than telling him she was here to either kill the hunters and possibly a few of the wolves in the area. What she had expected though, was the human who passed by and looked at her like she was just some piece of meat and her red eyes followed him with a deadly accuracy and the intent to say she knew though she doubted he would get it from her. Cass turned her gaze back to the older man and her rage melted away with his request. 

[color=midnightblue]“I don’t plant to kill anyone. Damian was once very close to me and I want to make sure he and his pack are alright. If I have to slaughter Hunters and Rogues to do that, then the blood is on my hands.”[/color] Cass was well aware that he was not someone who would trust her word, the man smelled of blood that he had long ago tried to wash from her hands and she knew a hunter when she saw one now. [color=midnightblue]“Never fear, the innocent and those seeking peace will never be harmed by me.”[/color] She reassured him; standing from the bench and slipping her shoes back onto her bare feet and bowed lightly.[color=midnightblue] “Now, you have a woman to find, and I have a place to be. I will see you again, Sir.”[/color] And then she turned away and started walking without another word. 

Her progress would be steady, though not secret as she walked from the town, picking up a basket of fruit on the way as a peace offering to the pack in the case that Damian wasn’t there when she arrived later that afternoon. The forest was quiet and she bypassed two women with a few pups before finding her way onto the estate, unnoticed by the other wolves; her scent was very similar to that of Damian, though she was clearly female and alone. 

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[center][h1][color=darkturquoise]Yuki Yeageshi[/color][/h1][/center]
[center][h3]Moonlight Manor – Down the Path[/h3][/center]

Yuki looked up just as she heard the small girl running out of the house with Cameron in tow, walking toward where the group of the three of them stood out on the path where the boys were playing tag while Rhea and the Alpha Female watched them.[color=darkturquiose] “Cameron! It’s good to see you’ve woken as well. I keep hearing the others begin to move though none had come outside yet.”[/color] The woman commented as James skidded to a stop and nearly toppled over in his rush to go see Sena. He was a year older than her and clearly crushing on the smaller girl though he didn’t realize it either way. He greeted her excitedly and grabbed her hand before dragging her off to the garden to play; Draco of course followed in tow as well. [color=darkturquoise]“Be careful!”[/color] Yuki called after them, smiling and laughing happily as they ran, listening carefully for them and any danger of course. 

[color=darkturquoise]“Of course Cameron. No need to ask permission, so long as so you keep an eye out for danger.”[/color] Yuki answered his question before Rhea could say anything, knowing that the woman would feel as if her authority was being overstepped by the Alpha Female, though the Japanese woman was a Queen as well after she’d become pregnant with Arthur’s child and later Alpha Female with the birth of the young James Hawthorne. She could smell something faint on the wind though she dismissed it as a simple animal and those that resided in this forest would never dare attack the pack that made this estate their home.  She thought she smelled Damian though and as she looked up she saw her beloved emerging from the dappled shadows with other members of the pack. 

[color=darkturquoise]“Damian!” [/color]

The woman smiled happily when she saw him, running up and throwing her arms around him in a desperate hug before looking him over for injuries. [color=darkturquoise]“She didn’t hurt you did she?” [/color]She asked, her brow furrowed in worry as she tried to look him in the eye. Something was troubling him though she couldn’t tell what it was. The Alpha Female looked over his shoulder toward Lucio and Aurora; [color=darkturquoise]“Go inside; leave us to talk.” [/color]She took on the qualities of a leader for a moment, leaving the mother behind as she ordered the other three away with Cameron and the children, her gaze hard and unyielding. Turning her gaze back to her mate she looked at him with a mixture of love and worry; her soft grey eyes trying to find what it was that was bothering him without him having so say it. 

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[center][color=steelblue][h1]James Xavier[/h1][/color][/center]
[center][h3]Moonlight Manor – Basement level One[/h3][/center]

James didn’t wait for the other boy before he picked up the bag of dead animals and walked through the door to the basement, leaving it open enough that the others would know that he was down there though the scent of fresh prey would attract them first. As the Enforcer of the pack he was meant to watch over everyone and carry out any punishment though he was also one of the better male cooks and the only one with enough time to butcher animals and clean them up after they’d been brought back to the pack house since he did all of his patrols after dark while the other males were fucking their mates or sleeping. Him and Rhea didn’t see each other much, though she didn’t seem to want to accept him as her mate, having spent her time with him resisting the tug of her soul and heart toward him while he attempted to attract her the normal way. 

The man sighed heavily as he approached the table, still bare chested with his muscles working together in their perfect definition, stretching the scars on her body while he lifted the bag to the hard granite counter in front of him. The surface was covered in blood stains but freshly washed as this room served as their primary work station for preparing foods for storage though this would be eaten today. He glanced around to make sure that there wasn’t anything lying in wait for him and saw nothing but the two dead deer – both fair sized bucks – waited for him in the corner, surrounded by dry ice to keep them cool. He’d brought them back only a couple hours ago and it usually took at least three days for them to begin to spoil in the basement designed to keep it.  He pulled out the two rabbits and the hare, laying them out each on the surface and inspecting them for the amount of edible meat and the state of their health and death. He couldn’t smell any diseases on them and whatever bacteria was in them would either be cooked out or one of the many things that the wolves were immune too. 

Alone in the dimly lit room, the shadows danced across his back as he worked; his hands deftly pulling the rabbits out while he carefully skinned them. If he laid it out to dry he could continue making the coat he wanted to finish for Rhea to see how she liked it though he didn’t know if that would work. Turning his mind from the woman as he felt himself getting slightly more excited than he wanted to be right now he thought about Damian and Freya, Yuki and little James; he didn’t want to hurt his cousin though he knew that under Damian’s leadership they were never going to evolve any further than they had already. Perhaps one of his circle would come to see what he was doing, considering he’s up earlier than he usually is and he hadn’t bothered to dress this morning. He’d run into Freya the night before on the other end of the town where she’d left the forest in one of her rare trips to town. 

[color=steelblue]“Why does this have to be so damn complicated.” [/color]