Pantalaimon
Pan felt his hackles puff ever so slightly as Shade set his gaze on him, despite the other males thoughtful offer he only felt his instincts flare in response. Angry with himself that his weakness had been noticed even more so that he was in this state, he watched Shade’s eyes linger on Sequoia longer than he deemed comfortable he felt his claws dig into the ground as his inner wolf demanded he act. Of course he didn’t though, his logical brain knew he was no match for the well rested beta right now...his blue eyes shifted to rest on Seqouia . Pan’s ears flicked back before he could stop them at Shade’s offer he had noted his gaze move to rest on Sequoia again, his ears returned to a more relaxed position as Shade looked back at him, Pan narrowed his eyes at the native beta catching his eye just long enough to portray he was also aware of Sequoia’s condition before he was distracted by another female joining their group.
His ears pricked towards Rose, ignoring the swirl of confusion emitting from the beta’s he took a step towards Rose he caught Dakota’s eye as the sentinel moved towards them, he felt guilty about it but he didn’t have the strength to support Rose at this moment. “Ok...Dakota will take you to the shamans. Tarkutt will be able to help. Just stay with him this time Rose, no more moving about” Pan spoke softly to the young she-wolf but there was an undeniable authority to his voice. “Come on Rose” Dakota murmured, offering a hand to the red coated she-wolf he offered his side to support her so she could hobble back to the healers. Pan cast a gaze at Bane, he would tell him...later.
Pan moved back over to Shade and Sequoia, his eyes set stonily forward what was with him at the moment? He glanced sidelong at Shade as they walked; it was most unlike him to be so stand offish to another wolf...especially one he didn’t even know that well, he was supposed to be the non-judgmental brother, the one that would accept alliances wherever they were offered. Apparently not with Shade, mentally shaking his head Pan listened to Shade’s questions as he walked though he was tired there was no drag in his stride. His other ear flicked behind him focusing on Sequoia whom he looked over his shoulder at on occasion. “Most of us were last fed a few days ago; we were attacked before we were due to start the big game hunt. No, none of the females are carrying pups...we lost a lot of wolves, our pack was decimated I think there’s 14 of us left” Pan answered Shade’s questions as quickly as he could, his voice was strong it seemed to be only his eyes that betrayed his weakness.
He watched Sequoia quickly pass by him, his eyes following her movements as she positioned herself in front of the pair of them now putting them downwind of her alluring scent, his nostrils flared momentarily as her scent invaded his senses he felt his eyes brighten and his head lift, dormant instincts awakening in him crawling beneath his skin making his coat puff out unexpectedly. He was surprised at his own reaction yet again he was sure her scent had grown stronger since they had arrived, he was positive however that Shade’s presence had also caused this change. He dared to glance at the prime male beside him; his inner wolf had labelled Shade a threat the instant her scent had reached him.
“We have two small pups with us, they survived the fight without injury their-“ Pan started to speak though he cut himself off freezing mid step and snapping his head back to look over his shoulder, he lifted his tail looking at it quizzically...he could have sworn something had tugged it.
Whilst Pan had been inspecting his tail a small wolf pup had appeared between his front legs looking up at Shade inquisitively. “Hi” The pup wagged his tail his head drooping a little, Pan spun back round looking down at the pup between his legs. “Cloud! What are you doing? You should be with your mother” Pan grumbled at the pup, batting its little head with a front paw. “But! I heard you telling the story!” Cloud whined, skittering out from under Pan’s paw. “We were cornered see! 3 of them nasty wolves stood between us and the forest, mum was prepared to fight but she wasn’t made for it” Cloud spoke very fast and begun padding around in front of Shade as he spoke though he had the sense not to look the beta in the eye. “Then Bam!” Cloud jumped suddenly, slamming his paws down in the snow. “Pan appears in front of mum, snarling” Cloud pranced about pulling his lip back and pretending to snarl as he acted out what he was saying. Pan looked skywards before lifting his paw over his muzzle, Cloud really had his timing... “Bash, boom, kapow! He chased them nasties away real quick they barely got a scratch on him! I’m going to be like that one day” Cloud grinned having jumped and frolicked around in front of Shade he finally trotted back over to Pan grinning wolfishly at the beta.
“If you’re quite finished you have 3 seconds to return to your mother or I’ll make a meal of you” Pan growled at the pup though there was no aggression in his voice he snapped his jaws and watched Cloud skitter over to Sequoia taking refuge by the females front paws. Pan shook his head and continued moving, shaking his head at Shade as if to say ‘don’t ask’. “Quioa, Pan’s being mean...” Cloud whined, his ears drooping as he pulled his best puppy dog eyes at her falling in step beside her. Cloud was terrible for abandoning his sister and mother to seek out the company of the beta’s despite being sent back countless times he persisted in trying to grab their attention. On occasion Pan would entertain him though he knew now wasn’t the time he hadn’t the energy to keep up with the pup neither the will to act aggressively towards him, he was quite grateful for the pup’s intervention...although now he had to deal with his paternal want as well. He was relieved when they finally arrived at what he could only assume was to be Sequoia’s and his den for now, his lip twitched up at the scent of Shade’s den close by.