Animal

Be thankful I updated tonight, I've done a 6 page research paper, a 20 min powerpoint presentation, and two summaries of articles regarding Shakepeare's Hamlet....I'm pooped. This update looks short but there's ALOT that goes on, I suggest reading VERY carefully...



Kara breathed in slowly and exhaled, trying to calm her nerves before entering the observation floor. She needed to be steadier than ever if she wanted to be accepted. Wolves would usually assign the lowest ranks to members who appeared weak or fearful. A low rank was always the last to eat, ran at the back of the pack, and were always disciplined by more dominant members. She shook her head and tried to shake out the fears as well. It almost worked. She punched in the code that opened the large iron doors, with a long exhaled breath she entered the room, the door closing and locking behind her.

Gallet eyed her sourly as the young female licked the last of the blood from his throat; the wound was already healed, as was Dallon’s. His grey gaze watched her as she stepped closer to them. The new shorter male with blonde hair rushed her, pausing just a foot from her, a low growl rolling up his throat as he flashed his fangs at her. She growled back, holding her back stiff but still falling short of his shoulders. They circled like that for a moment, eyes locked, until she forced her growl up to her throat. A whine escaped him as he licked his lips and his eyes fell to the floor. She had won. Dallon lounged on the mattresses, bunched together in the corner as she had asked. She trotted over to him as he lifted his chin.

“Good job with Waylen.”

She smiled at his praise as she sat on the mattresses and nuzzled under his chin in submission. Gallet growled at the young female across the room, drawing Kara’s attention as she turned her head. Dallon lightly bit her ear, a sign that he wanted to play. She yelped and dropped down to the mattress as he knelt over her, he tried to nip her ear again, forcing her to roll to avoid him. They played like that for a few moments until the young female trotted over to join.

She nuzzled under Dallon’s chin although he hadn’t offered it but did give a lowered position and a lot of whining. He sighed heavily and moved off of Kara, leaving the two of them to find their places. Kara stared at her and gave her an indifferent stance, the female continued her lowered stance and whining, if she had a tail she was sure it would be wagging with all the good nature the female had. She lifted her chin, curious of the reaction she would get. The female perked up immediately, moving close and nuzzling and licking under her chin with enthusiasm. She moved away from the female as she trotted off, running full speed towards the lanky male and nearly tackling him to the floor.

She smiled and went to stand but was hit in the back hard, knocking the wind out of her lungs as she fell to the mattress. A low rolling growl reached her ear as she tried to twist and see who was on her. The mass over her moved up, giving her room to rear her head back and strike him in the face. Gallet cried out and gave her enough room to twist around under him, pulling up her legs between him and her and digging her knees into his stomach and chest. She cried out as his claws dug into her left wrist, his other hand flailing to find another hold on her. His fingers found her throat as she pushed on him hard with her legs, lifting him up off the mattress momentarily. His hand slid down her neck, closer to her collar bones as her teeth found the flesh of his forearm.

She bit down hard as he cried out and suddenly his hands and his weight and heat was gone. She heard him strike the wall beside her as a few malicious growls echoed in the large room. She checked herself over quickly but didn’t have any injuries, although she was sure her wrist was going to bruise. She looked over to the wall, Gallet was on the floor on his stomach, Dallon was over him on all fours, his teeth buried deep into his shoulder. Gallet was wincing under the pain, his teeth clenched as he arched up towards Dallon trying to relieve the pain. Kara blushed and looked away; she glanced up at the observatory window to find Roland looking down at her. He looked concerned as she gave him thumbs up and smiled.

“Are you alright?”

She glanced over her shoulder to find Dallon licking blood from his lips, Gallet was stalking away to a more secluded area to lick his own wounds, the enthusiastic young female followed him closely.

“Yeah I’m fine. No harm done.”

He sighed and stretched out next to her, bones cracking as he found a comfortable position. The more she looked at him the more beautiful he became, his long limbs and taunt muscles, the dark hair that was always a mess, hanging across his grey eyes…She blushed and looked away. Every head turned towards the heavy iron doors as a few noses lifted into the air. She looked about questioningly until she heard the doors unlock and swing open, a large flat tray of raw steak was pushed inside as the doors closed hastily. The specimens moved quickly, Dallon shifted the mattresses as he rushed to establish himself.

He flashed his fangs and growled maliciously as he took up a steak and hunkered over the tray. He would eat his fill, allowing his mate and any pups to eat as well and then the others would eat, the lowest ranking member getting the left-overs. She watched curiously as the young female tried to inch her way towards the tray, a low growl from Dallon and a flash of teeth pressed her back to the other hungry specimens. She slid off the mattresses cautiously and moved towards the group. Dallon only eyed her for a moment and continued eating. She slid closer, if she wanted she could touch the tray, but Dallon seemed disinterested in her and didn’t even flash a fang at her. She pulled a steak off the tray and eyed it a moment. It wasn’t going to agree with her but she would have to get used to it.

She moved closer to the tray to avoid having her food stolen and began to eat her steak. It didn’t taste as bad as she had though it would but the texture was going to cause her problems. She had only gotten half her steak down before she left the rest and retreated to the mattresses. She curled up and only had her eyes closed for a moment before warmth enveloped her, a long arm stretching over her as she felt warm breath fall against her hair. She opened her eyes to find Dallon’s chest close to her face, his body was curled around her, surrounding her in his scent. She listened as the others squabbled and ate the leftovers; the tray was even pushed around in an attempt to get every morsel. Others came to the mattresses and curled around them until she was surrounded by soft breathing and heat. She would have to remember to ask for more meat at the meals tomorrow.


Ok sorry for the shortness, I'll try to update again tomorrow.