Cortinarri

Sauntering along at a slow pace, Cortinarri halts as an alarming scent hits her nose. She could smell wolverines. She continues on cautiously, but finds no trace of them. Instead, she locates the den and crawls in for a nap.

Nau

Having picked up Cortinarri's scent, he tracked it to the den and halted. With his sharp ears pricked forward, and his sensitive nose picking up information, Nau gives a light woof to the she-wolf. Was she part of this pack?

Cortinarri

A malignant snarl is the reply to the woof. Cortinarri shuffles around in the den and emerges with her fangs cruelly bared. She was evil-tempered, and currently in a very bad mood. As the she-wolf emerged from the den, the faint scent of Stormfalcon was detectible, since that was the only member of this pack whom she was near when she was invited in. Her writhing lips and menacing growl warned Nau to back off.

Nau

He draws his ears back slightly in alarm and hurriedly backs away. But Nau watches Cortinarri with curious, if not a bit cautious eyes. Then he turns around, giving a disdainful grin of his teeth, and saunters off.

Catalpa & Xia

Large, long-legged Catalpa walks slowly up to the den entrance with the young wolverine, Xia, struggling to keep up with the wolf's gait. Catalpa stops suddenly when she catches scent of Cortinarri, and gives a low rumble to state her presence. Xia stops beside her and waits.

Cortinarri

Already angered by being disturbed by Nau, Cortinarri rushes from the den with a growl. She wouldn't put up with this female, and was ready to dominate her.

Catalpa

Seeing the she-wolf was threatening her rank, Catalpa lunges forward to grab Cortinarri by the shoulder in her powerful jaws..

Cortinarri

Having fought many battles, Cortinarri dodges to the side to evade Catalpa's attack. Just as quickly, she leaps swiftly for the beta, teeth bared to score on her shoulder...

Catalpa

Catalpa was just as quick in battle, and snapped her head around so her fangs would meet Cortinarri's in a swift array of snaps. While doing that, and inevitably getting her from maw cut up, she rears up and attempts to slam her body into Cortinarri's while still defending herself with frenzied snaps...

Cortinarri

Defending herself from Catalpa's teeth, she doesn't spring away in time to avoid the beta's body slamming into her. Cortinarri is rolled off her feet for the moment, but still refuses to submit...

Catalpa

Taking whatever punishment she may get from Cortinarri's fangs, Catalpa lunges after the wolf as she is rolled from her feet. Her jaws strike for the throat, though she will not kill this she-wolf unless she needs to.

Cortinarri

She felt the jaws go around her throat, and squirmed to free herself. She could get her jaws on the beta, but Cortinarri kicked at her with all her might.

Catalpa

She shifted her body to avoid as much of the kicks as she could, and bit harder on the she-wolf's throat, while twisting her head to tear her skin further. She was controlled enough in the bite to not strike the jugular vein or the windpipe. Catalpa wasn't prepared to let go until Cortinarri gave in and submitted to her.

Isia & Cortinarri

She keeps a good distance from the fight, and circles around it. She could see that her mother was obviously loosing, but she wouldn't intervene. Catalpa looked large, and she knew the rest of the pack would probably be after her anyway if she took to fighting. Then she realizes something, the she-wolf fighting Cortinarri must be Catalpa, the beta. Isia glances around for the beta male, Keilo, but doesn't see him. So she presses her ears back and backs off a few paces to show her own submittance to the beta-she.

Cortinarri issues chilling snarls and growls to Catalpa, but they soon change to yelps as the fangs pierce deeper into her throat. Cortinarri knew she would have been dead already if that's what Catalpa intended, so she wisely decided to submit to aviod further injuries. Her ears and fur suddenly come down, and her tail tucks between her legs. Cortinarri looks away from the she-beta's eyes and whimpers her submission.

Catalpa

Seeing her surrender, Catalpa releases Cortinarri, but stands rigidly above her, still rumbling and holding her beta posture. She wanted it known she wasn't to be fooled with by this subordinate. After a minute, she relaxes her pose slightly, and backs off, then shoots a look toward Isia. The wolf wasn't familiar to her... but then she caught her scent and realized she was already accepted by Stormfalcon and the others. Catalpa holds her tail straight out behind her and rumbles lightly still to warn Isia she was beta. Then her look softened, and she looked back towards Cortinarri and watches her warily.

Isia & Cortinarri

Isia cringes slightly in response to Catalpa's look to express she would respect her position. She even offers a friendly whimper to show no hard feelings.

Cortinarri wasn't about to accept Catalpa as any kind of friend, but she wasn't going to challenge her beta ship again, not for a long time anyway. Casting her eyes away from the beta, Cortinarri scrambles up and sidles away from the she-wolf, glancing wearily at Xia once, then slinks off.

Catalpa

Seeing that Isia seemed a more timid wolf, and wasn't going to threaten her position, Catalpa bared a friendly wolf smile, and stepped closer to the she-wolf, lowering her ears slightly. "What's your name? I'm the pack's beta-she, Catalpa." She sniffs the new-wolf's scent and looks at her curiously, "Are you that other wolf's daughter?"

Wespero

Wespero arrives in time to see the end of the battle, and approaches Catalpa and Xia with some caution. Then she sits back on her haunches and waited for Cedar.

Cedar

He also witnessed the end of the battle, and walked up beside Wespero. He too was cautious around the beta-she, but wasn't as submissive the other she-wolves, since he posed no threat to Catalpa's beta-ship. Cedar looks toward Wespero, his eyes shinning slightly. He motioned with his tail for her to follow him, then headed off toward the Canyon.

Wespero

She follows after Cedar, flicking her ear slightly when s flake of snow fell on it.

Isia

She glances up, and notices more flakes of snow falling to the ground. Isia shakes her fur and returns her attention to Catalpa, "That was Cortinarri, my mother. She has a bad temperament... but you can obviously keep her in line." Isia looks down at the wolverine curiously, "Who are you?"

Catalpa & Xia

The wolverine looks up at Isia, "I'm Xia." Catalpa also shakes her fur from the icy crystals, and licks her own blood from her maw where she could reach it. Cortinarri only inflicted damage to her maw because her thick under fur protected her soft stomach from the she-wolf's kicking. "Well, it was nice to meet you, Isia. I should also warn you to be weary of the wiry built male named Nau. He has a temper as well, though I doubt he would attack a she-wolf." saying that, Catalpa and Xia turn and lope off.

*Ulina*

Ulina saunters up, looking from one wolf to the other through her dark, wolverine eyes. "Uh....hullo."

Isia

"Hello, I'm Isia, who are you?" the small she wolf watches the wolverine curiously, suspecting it was one of the three that Wespero told her about.

*Ulina*

Ulina looks up at Isia. She smelled like Stormfalcon, so she knew that she was all right. She smiles. "I'm Kaiulani, but you can just call me Ulina."

Isia

"It's nice to meet you Ulina. So you are part of the pack?" she questions, noting that she boar the scent of pack. She had never heard of wolverines and wolves living together so.

*Ulina*

"Yep. I was born in this den, and then some humans came and shot my mother and father. Stormfalcon adopted me, and the two betas adopted my brother Santori, and my sister Xia."

Isia

"Humans! I have never seen them, but I've heard how bad they are. I'm sorry about your parents." Isia tilts an ear to the side, catching the sound of a chickadee. "I've seen Xia, but not Santori. I've still to meet the whole pack!"