Rahl motioned for Winter to follow after him, figuring she needed to burn off some of that energy if she was nipping at his tail. Assuming that the two would follow him he ran off to do as commanded, knowing that this was going to be the plan before it was spoken allowed. Still he knew it was a good plan and would increase their chance of success ten fold if not more. As it were he assumed that those challenging them were handicapped mentally.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">For what sane or competent wolf would challenge an entire pack? </span></span><br/><br/>Their mental state was not really his concern though, being in the proper position for his Alpha was what was important at the moment so it was that he focused on. Circling about he lead his small little war party till they were down wind and in flanking position of Eagle Rock. Silent Paws touched the frozen earth and Rahl hunched his large form down closer to the ground, falling easily and readily into full stalk mode. Each one of his fine tuned senses were keyed in on the target and the wolves he could now smell clearly.<br/><br/>Two males and one female. No match at all for their pack but it would be fun regardless to teach them their error in judgment. Rahl hoped Xavier chased them from the territory. Having dimwitted wolves join the pack did not make any sense at all and would leave them all burdened with them. Rahl would hate to feel obligated to protect and provide for them, especially since their bad genes could reproduce and just make more slow wolves.<br/><br/>Shaking himself from this thoughts he focused once again on the task at hand, stopping once he could spy the wolves from cover. He signaled the others to stay low and hidden as they waited for Xavier to signal them. Every muscle in his body was tensed and ready to spring into action the moment they were called, Rahl's eyes locked on the less confident male to his primary target for he knew that Xavier would go for the one who seemed to be the 'Alpha' of this 'pack'.