<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/VcVbmJ4.jpg)</div><br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Relic</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Rank: Tracker<br/>Location: River, on top of Ku'jin and under the tree Sasha in on</span></strong><br/><br/>Relic was a ball of impatience, though her mother was quick to reprimand her. She rolled her eyes. Though she was an adult now, she often still acted like a moody young wolf. She let out an irritated huff and looked away from the alpha as he settled and ate his share. It’s not that she was angry at him or anything, she was just<em>hungry</em>. she could smell the beast on the cold wind, could almost taste it already.<strong>Now, go get me some.”</strong>She heard her elderly mother command. Relic gave her a sideways glare, only to be met with her mother being much too dramatic.<strong> “I’m much too tired, my bones are aching.”</strong>She complained. Relic snorted,<strong> Yes, mother.”</strong>Truly, she didn’t mind. Relic would rather have a moment and snarl and fight the rest of the wolves than chance her mother getting hurt. In all honesty, sometimes her mother did get a little stiffed legged in winter. Relic didn’t hold back any threatening growls, letting them rumble in her through as she possessively stood over her share. She ate well and tried to bring as much as she could back to her mother. She came back, laying down in front of her mother with the blood from chunks of meat staining the snow.<strong> “If this is not enough, I can go back and get more.”</strong>She promised.<strong> “This will be plenty”</strong>her mother assured, but Relic was doubtful. There was no use in arguing with her mother and instead she began to clean herself and enjoy her full belly and a job well done. They had done well tracking and taking down the elk.<br/><br/>Relic stood and positioned herself next to her mother. Now that his share was eaten Relic didn’t feel like she needed to guard her front and instead cuddled beside her. Briefly, she wondered if<strong>Nuka</strong>was able to get enough as well. Since she did it for her mother, she would often get<strong>Nuka</strong>some from any kills as well. She never minded helping the older wolves out, she saw them as seasoned warriors of life with plenty of knowledge to share and needed to be protected. As they began their after-meal ritual of grooming, she relayed the events of the hunt to her mother. Her mother could no longer join the hunts, she just couldn’t properly keep up and once told her she would just get in the way. As she spoke, her eyes spied<strong>Jag</strong>and continued to watch him as they lapsed into a comfortable silence. She smiled a little, remembering how well he had led them today. She felt giddy and fought to shove it down. She usually did when she thought about male wolves, Relic was the type to have fleeting crushes when she was younger and some of them still stayed into her adulthood. Her mother never ceased to tease her about it either.<br/><br/><strong> “Not that one.”</strong>She heard her mother bark.<em>Of course</em>she was watching.<strong> “I have no clue what your talking about.”</strong>She grumbled,<strong> “I was simply being reminded of how well Jag led the hunt today.”</strong>Her mother hummed doubtfully.<strong> And I’m sure that lingering eyes wasn’t checking him out at all.”</strong>Her words were just as doubtful. She stood up, stretching, and claimed she was going to find more shelter from the cold wind. Her oh so frail body had the wind just cutting through her pelt. Relic shook her head,<strong> “I’m going to head to the river.”</strong><br/><br/>Relic made her way through the forest with a slow pace, she was in no hurry. As she came to the river’s edge, she caught whiff of several other wolves in the area. At first she only registered they were back and simply kept her guard up, keeping her eyes on the river. But then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a black mass crumble in on itself.<strong> “Ku’Jin?”</strong>She asked, standing still for a moment with worry. She hadn’t been loud but surely thought he would at least budge with her voice. The place was silent except for the soft sounds of the forest. She quickly trotted over, fighting the snow to get there, and heard the softest of whimpers. While she was a fiery wolf with a temper, she also had a core of molten gold. She was a good wolf and caring would be her downfall.<strong> “H-hey! Ku’Jin?”</strong>She asked, about to nudge him only to see him shivering. She looked around to see if anyone else was there and saw only a path where he most definitely had been stumbling through. If only she had though to look up, she might have seen another wolf there who possibly could have helped. Instead, thinking she was alone, she first thought to share her warmth with his and stood over him for a moment before laying on him. It was only after the fact that she realized what she did and hoped he wouldn’t be upset and felt a little embarrassed herself. She wasn’t used to be so close to a male wolf and it made her a little shy, so this time her voice was much mode unsteady,<strong> “Ku’Jin, a-are you okay?”</strong><br/>