“I don't know what he was thinking. You can ask his rotting corpse if you like,” Lofgren said with another shrug. He hadn't really spent all that much time thinking about it. He figured Alden had simply grown territorial over the boy because Lofgren had allowed it with the other pack members. Even so, he should have known better than to confront the other pack alone. His stupid choice had gotten him killed and Lofgren couldn't even be that angry over it now that it was settled.<br/><br/>Lofgren was walking off as the other pack members were coming up. Colten was relieved to see him. When he was around he set a good example for the younger wolf, a strong male for him to follow, but one that was a great deal calmer than Lofgren was. He didn't answer him right away when he asked if he'd had fun, training his expression on the ground when that thick arm came around him. He wasn't feeling very proud of his accomplishments. Garlan commented in place of him instead. There was bitterness there. Even the young wolf could pick up on it from Garlan who'd been one of the few who<i>hadn't </i>had the human.<br/><br/>“I didn't get him. Lofgren did. I know better. He hunted down a hiker and brought him back with him,” Colten started.<br/><br/>“Fucked him up real good,” Garlan put in.<br/><br/>“Once he'd had his fill he let the rest of us..” Colten continued, then looked over to Garlan. “Well, except for him. Alden wouldn't let Garlan. He got possessive over the boy. I mean, I understand, he was pretty. Lofgren was letting him keep him around, like a new pet that everyone got to take for a walk occasionally. Lof and Alden liked to share him.”<br/><br/>“That possessive shit is what got Alden killed,” Garlan growled. If not for Stellan he would have taken a snap at the younger wolf for his comment but wouldn't chance it now. Instead, Colten was glaring at Garlan for being so callous in regards to the late Alden. He and Garlan hadn't been on the best of terms with one another, but he was still pack, and Alden had always been good to Colten, even making sure he got himself a piece of the boy despite his lower position within the pack. A part of him almost wished he hadn't. He'd wanted to talk to Jamsen about it but knew that would have been too obvious. For him, just starting to work himself up in the hierarchy, associating with a wolf that had fallen so out of favor wasn't the best idea. Stellan was safe though, and someone he felt like he could talk to, but not with Garlan around.<br/><br/>“Can we go out for a bit, now that you're back? I haven't gone for a while,” Colten asked. He hadn't at least not since his run in with the psychotic wolf that had killed Alden. He didn't figure Garlan would follow him and he was correct. Some of Colten's feigned demeanor slipped away when he and Stellan were more alone.<br/><br/>“It was good when he was here, for the pack I mean, bad for the human. It channeled Lofgren's anger. He was almost nice to the rest of us. Most everyone took the chance to.. with his catch. Jamsen refused the boy and got torn up for it. The rest of us knew better, and he felt..” Colten paused, licking his lips nervously. “I almost wish that I hadn't. But he was here, and everyone else was doing things to him. I didn't really think one more would matter, but it was bad for him.” Colten could remember the sounds he would make, the begging and pleading.<br/><br/>“You know I don't usually get to.. with someone. It was good to feel something I could control.” Most of the time it was other dominating him. The human had been his first real taste of it being the other way around, but it was bittersweet. Colten was conflicted about it, and Jamsen's disapproving eye did nothing to quiet his thoughts.<br/><br/>“Jamsen is angry with me. I know it. He's the one that put an end to it and went to inform the other pack what we were doing.” Perhaps the thing Colten felt most guilty about was what the other pack had felt they needed to do. “Sieger said he needed to be put out of his misery.”