The hunt had been unsuccessful. The brown wolf's attempts had been clumsy and half hearted at best. Time and time again prey had evaded him. What he didn't spook away with noisy movements and careless action had still managed to narrowly escape his jaws. Concern for his mother over shadowed his hunger and natural instincts and left his mind rather preoccupied. The worst was he did not what he was suppose to do now. Anu would not wish him to endanger himself for her sake, nor did he believe that if he did it would do any good. If Savina and the warriors of the pack had been unable to return with his mother what could he hope to achieve?
Hunting had served as a distraction for a while, but Cypress eventually grew weary of his failed attempts and head back towards the manor. His path took him past the stables were he noticed a pale woman he did not recognize with a horse. It appeared she was holding a bowl of some sort, but he could not tell what she was doing.
He watched from a distance as her fingers dripped with the purple paint and eyes the horse that was to be her canvas. Though Cypress did know that was what she was doing. He was quite clueless, but curious. "Hi, what are you doing there?" He asked softly as he came closer, stopping at a respectable distance and being cautious of the horse.
Suddenly he realized who the pale lady was. "You're one of the Utina's aren't you?" He did not blame the family for what the AniWayans had done to them. They had all been wronged by the same tyrant.
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