<span style="font-family:Carme">All of a sudden, Holly wasn’t so certain of her situation anymore. Regardless of how defiant she had seemed and how much she seemed to seek to resist going back to the “den” - that was what they called it - it didn’t seem to help her at all in trying to find herself in a more favorable situation. When it came to the end of all the tension and all the discussion, she still found herself in a situation where she was slated to get dragged back with them and it seemed that they would literally drag her if they truly needed to. And now, to make things even worse, they had a new guy who she had liked at first and now he was doing their dirty work of bringing her back for them. Holly was beyond frustrated, but she knew she couldn’t run anymore. With Freya and Tris there still as wolves and with Griff there too, she wouldn’t get anywhere. <br/>
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The three of them seemed to know that too because the minute conversations ended, the tension in the atmosphere slowly faded away as well. Freya walked up and nudged Griff briefly, seeming to communicate something without actually needing to shift to get the message across. They knew each other well enough so it was an easy thing for them to do. Griff seemed to nod in understanding and then he glanced towards Okomi as the man headed to help Holly. <br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkslategray">“Freya here,”</span> he gestured to the she-wolf, <span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkslategray">“will lead you back to the den. Tris and I have one more thing to take care of while we are in the area.”</span> It was that decision that seemed to snatch Tris out of his hunting stance and he made his way to stand by Griff while Freya headed closer to Okomi and to Holly. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:darkslategray">“We’ll see you back there.”</span> There was one interesting thing of note in the way that things shifted. The trio of wolves seemed to be putting a lot of trust in Okomi to actually bring Holly back for them. With just Freya accompanying them, it would seem that it might be easier for him to not do as he’d been asked although none of them could know whether such action was within his character or not. It was meant to be a gesture of faith and Freya was also more capable than she might have initially seemed. <br/>
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Griff transformed back into a wolf and he and Tris both started running in the opposite direction, seeming to head away from their home rather than towards it. That wasn’t something for anyone to really question, though. <br/>
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Holly, meanwhile, was left facing Okomi while holding a jacket tightly around her torso. She couldn’t help but feel awkward at the way he held his arms open to her like he expected her to just jump right in. Not only was that the silliest thing she could ever imagine doing, but she probably wasn’t capable of jumping right into his arms with her injury as it was. She wasn’t quite sure how difficult it would be to actually try such a thing, but Holly also didn’t want to find out. It seemed painful. Instead, she just sat there, staring at him like he was strange. When he added more to his explanation, she sighed. <br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:deeppink">“I really am not sure I’d be comfortable with that,”</span> she mumbled to him. Her gaze flickered towards Freya just once as though the wolf’s presence was impacting her decision. Holly had never consented to be carried before - aside from when they found her and she was unconscious, that is - so she wasn’t about to consent to it now. It was an odd position for her to be in and declining just seemed to be the safer option. With that having been said, Holly pushed off of the ground, carefully bringing herself to her feet without putting her injured foot onto the snow at all. Balance was crucial and so far she was managing. <br/>
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She tried to start walking and quickly found herself wincing. Even when she didn’t put the foot flat on the ground, pain still radiated through the injury whenever she tried to put any weight on the foot. Rolling her eyes at herself, she hopped and turned to face Okomi. <br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:deeppink">“Nevermind. I guess walking isn’t exactly possible.”</span> It was clear that she was frustrated and it was clear that she didn’t <i>want</i> to be carried; she simply had no other viable option.</span>