" Well Kohl....we have plenty of room, and you seem like a good wolf. I will have to say yes. She smiled. Is there any special position you would like? "

Listening to her words intently, Kohl nodded breifly when Dusting said that he was allowed to stay; his heart swelled. He was being accepted, a wolf was finally accepting him and it was official, she even asked what rank he wanted! Even though he was asked, he couldn't just take a position. If there was anything he noticed by observing the pack he was not allowed to be in it was that you earned your rank, you weren't given it.

So nice, so generous.

All of what he saw he liked, but still looks weren't everything and to be honest, the only reason he felt anything was because she looked too much like her, the wolf he was unable to love- it was forbidden. It was a sin and everyone viewed it as one no matter their alliance. No one could learn about his secret obssesion, the obsession he was trying to break away from, to forget about. She was a drug to him. He was living only for her and each day night while those around him slept he would cast out his mind and try to find her while she dreamed. Every step he took was full of the intent to find her...

No, no, no! Stop it, stop it. She is a beautiful, smart, agile wolf who is only destined for great things, not failure. She's thriving. I know it.

"No," His tone was flat but still thick with accent. "I am grateful that I may be a pack member Dustin, truly I am. However, I cannot just "take" a position. I must earn my place, just like everyone else. You are the alpha, you should judge me, decide where I belong there and I will take it with no question's asked." He said, but added, "Or, maybe just a few." Suddenly, she seemed to space out, just like he used to do, as if she was no longer in this world but in a world only she knew. Dark ears twitched as she whimpered and his good natured side broke, he couldn't see anyone depressed.

As elegantly as a wolf of his stature could move he guided his paws towards her. For a moment he just looked at her but than he bent down and nudged her lightly with his muzzle before stepping away. She wasn't alone, he could guess how she felt. Dark eyes gazed around and his eyes fell on a brush. Years as an exile had taught him how to find things that showed up that weren't there before. Someone was there but he said nothing about it, but his golden black eyes couldn't help but keep looking over. "You aren't alone, Dustin."

D.rat, caught, Kiki thought with a hefty sigh. The charcoal fae slipped out from under the bushes, the fronds stroking her back as she revealed herself before the alphess and the large dark-furred male. Stepping into a patch of moonlight the fae let the silver light up her grey-black fur, light flashing in her eyes as she turned her visage toward Kohl. Her tail hung low, flicking lightly as she inspected the newcomer. Well, he looked big enough to be a blood-thirsty monster but then again, all males were big compared to Kiki so she wasn't one to judge. Not only that but looks didn't depict the personality lurking inside a wolf, it just didn't work like that. Sometimes genetics were cruel like they had been in making Kiki a forsaken runt her parents hadn't left alone until she ran away.

F.licking her black ears toward Dustin, Kiki smirked lightly. "Ah ya caught me. Can't seem to hide form you can I Dusty?" she teased in a friendly way, her silver eyes lighting up. She wanted to be more friendly instead of grumpy and disappointed like she had been when she'd first met Dustin. Turning back to the male, Kiki flicked her ears in mild interest. "Hi, I'm Kiki."

F.olding her hind legs under her, Kiki rocked back on her haunches in a sitting position. She was half expecting him to call her fox-face or runt, one of the annoying nicknames her siblings had once given her. She had a narrow muzzle and if you looked her dead-on in the eye Kiki was well aware she almost looked like an overgrown fox. Hopefully he either wouldn't notice or wouldn't comment on either her appearance or her small, slender build. In the moonlight her eyes stood out against her dark fur like stars in the night sky, flickering with her gaze as she glanced from Dustin to Kohl.

"I think I heard others speaking that name but in whispers It's the Darkrai's new alphess. They live like rats in the southern land beyond here and I've heard elders say they only fear the Druids and their Council."

Kohl listened in silence, his body never moving; only his ears twitched when she growled. His mind was reeling with words he didn't understand. Druids and the Council, who where they? Before he could ask, she spoke again.

"I. wouldn't go messing with them if I were you. They're very dangerous, at least, that's what I've heard."

New alphess, is Shadow their new alphess? Why though, why would she lead a dark, an evil, despicable, sly and lowly band of wolves? Is this some side of her she discovered within herself here, not surrounded by wonderful, happy wolves and an almost-perfect land? No- no I can't accept that!

His head dropped low, his eyes closing before looking at Kiki, fully aware now that both she and Dustin were not his sister, that they were both completely separate people. From deep within a deep rumbled growled started as he thought for a moment, deciding whether or not to just leave and go after her but, he decided not too. He, would stay here. "Thank you, Kiki." he finally said, "But, can either of you tell me what the "Council" is. I do not know for I am not from here."

Although you couldn't see it, all his energy and hoped had been drained, his body literally fell to the ground and he laid still. Why was it that as soon as he knew her to be dark, he lost most interest in her but, a new flame was beginning to kindle; he picture his dark little sister and shivered. Maybe, he would be able to find her dreams tonight.

"N.obody really knows a lot about the Council of Stars" Kiki barked as Dustin finished her explaination. Honestly what Dustin had told Kohl was about all anybody knew about the Council and then there were others like Kohl that had no idea what the Council was at all. In her rather short lifetime Kiki had only ever heard stories about the Council and had been lucky enough to not have to go to them. Usually wolves only went to the Council in times of war or sometimes traitors were taken there for impartial judgment if the pack couldn't decide how a traitor should be punished, whether by death or simply exile. More often then not according to stories, going before the Council was a scary and desperate matter that Kiki hoped she never had to witness.

T.he coal-canvased fae swivled her ears toward the newly named alphess as she spoke of hunting. Kiki's stomach felt empty from a day of lazing about in the caverns but she wasn't always a good pack hunter. Shifting her weight a little, Kiki debated whether she wanted to hunt with the alphess or head off on her own again. It was tempting to try and head a little farther north toward the low foothills that led to the border between Avalon and the Icis but knew Dustin would probably shoot that down in half a heartbeat. Thumping her ashy tail once or twice, the fae stood up and gave her silver-grey fur a brisk shake making the moonlight shimmer and ripple down her slight frame.

"I. think I'm going to go toward the Willow Hollow and sniff around, make sure no loners are making themselves at home. I'll hunt along the way."

K.iki turned her gradiant gaze toward Dustin, ears swerved forward. The elders would chew her ears if she didn't respectfully wait for permission since Dustin was the alphess. Usually she'd just go off regardless but since she was in front of a new packmate and a male nonetheless she figured she may as well set a good example even if Kohl didn't seem like the type that needed any sort of example. Really Kiki wasn't planning to head to the Willow Hollow. Talk of the Druids had tempted her curiosity and she was fighting the urge to go to the bridge humans had built that connected the Druid Island to the mainland. There was no harm in simply sniffing around right?