<a class="postlink" href="http://a3.ec-collected.myspacecdn.com/postto01/1/01ae8735fe1a470698b160a708f3d414/s.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/>Nika had ran away from everything she knew, her pack , her family, all in the past. Her pack had been one to follow the old ways, assigned mating, and using females in the pack as pawns to form a pact with other packs who were just as primal. Snorting she padded through the woods, damp leaves lightly clinging to her paws as she ducked beneath a low hanging branch. Her father, the Alpha of the Long River pack had assigned her to be mated to the Shadow Treeâ€™s new alpha, but there was no way she was having it. Sure, she ran away like a stereotypical rebel teen who wants to defy all odds, and of course, her family chased after her. In fact, she was still positive they had one or two wolves still on her trail as she walked through the forest and out of her packâ€™s territory.<br/><br/>Hours passed since she had ran, being late fall the leaves all red, gold and brown as she traversed the forests north of her packâ€™s territory. Nika scented the air,<span style="color: #00BF00">I donâ€™t smell them</span>, was her only thought as her green eyes looked around at the trees. Everything was quiet, almost too quiet. Turning in circles as the sun shone through the branches of the trees, her black and white fur getting warmed by the patches of sun that landed upon her back as her ears swiveled this way and that.<br/><br/>Nika frowned inwardly as she sighed and dismissed the silence in the woods as she continued on her path North to escape from her pack completely.<span style="color: #00BF00">Maybe, I can find a pack thatâ€™s more integrated? </span>Shaking her head she came across the river, this was the beginning, a new beginning lay just ahead. Running, she let out a joyful howl as she leapt into the river, her thick oddly patterned black and white fur protecting her from the chill of the water as she paddled to the far side.<span style="color: #00BF00">I made itâ€¦I really did!</span>Kicking back her head, Nika let out the loudest howl, a goodbye to her former pack, her family, and as a hello to her new life as a lone wolfâ€¦