What a day it had been, Zalen was still reeling from his encounter with Thana and Shadowfang earlier that morning. In fact, he was pretty bitter over it, though he tried to let it go. He kept thinking that he should have accepted Shadow’s challenging him over the woman, but he could not bring himself to break up a relationship like that, he felt he had no right. Too many relationships had been broken in his own past, he did not want to bring that pain upon anyone else. And so, he had let the two black lovers be, despite his having almost copulated with Thana in the midst of her heat. Despite the fact that he knew what he did was right, he could not help being somewhat on edge and angry.
He had been in solitude for the rest of the day, taking extra time to perform his marking and scouting duties. He even managed to grab himself something to eat; but it did not help his anxiety. It was later in the day that the call rang out through the forest. It was a summoning call from Sky, and it sounded strained, like there was a problem. Zalen broke out into a strong lope towards the sound, his long Optime limbs carrying him over the ground gracefully. As he neared, he could smell fire, Sky, Shawchert and Tharin, and could also hear the sounds of fighting, and Sky’s screaming.
His eyes widened as he came upon the scene; Tharin was on Shaw’s backside, attacking, while Shawchert himself had seemingly fallen into hot coals. Sky was trying to separate them in her Secui form, and was chiding Tharin. Zalen did not hesitate and barreled into the bunch.
The dark Alpha was in no way larger than Shawchert, but he was stronger, at least now he was. The first thing he did was grab Tharin by the scruff of the neck and lift him into the air, simultaneously pushing Shawchert from the fire with one of his large feet. Then, still holding Tharin, he spun around and grabbed Sky in the same way. He stood to his full height, holding a wolf in either hand and snarled viciously at each of them in turn, before turning to Shaw. He did not speak yet, words were not needed here. He just needed them all to calm down and know who was boss.
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