Ash shot her own stank eye in Hal's direction, “Excuse you? What am I doing to not earn a valid rank in this so called wolf pack? I was the one that figured all this shit out, no thanks to you, Mr. Alpha.†She pulled up a chair from the kitchen and placed it to where the group could be situated in a sort of almost circle and crossed her leg, leaning back in the chair only to cross her arms.
Audrey nodded glumly, “In fact, I'd argue that they are more dangerous than other packs.†She shook her head as if warding away some unwanted memory and pressed on, “You can always guage how safe you are with a pack based on how compliant you are or willing to pledge to a pack...Hunters? Some of them believe they are doing God's work by exterminating all of us. Others simply want to put to rest those of us that are a threat. It can be difficult distinguishing the two, and dangerous when you can't.†She wanted to lean her head into Nora's shoulder, now deliciously in her reach, but the presence of her girlfriend a few feet away kept her from doing just that.
Then, if her girlfriend was jealous in the slightest, she didn't show it. Ash sat leaned back in her chair and her lustful eyes seemed indiscriminate as they roved among the members of their group. Perhaps she was the reason they considered their relationship open. “You say that like don't still think you're hot,†she said chuckling, “Oh, don't give me that look, Nora baby. I like 'em rugged sometimes. I get enough of the soft but commanding feminine wiles from your gorgeous ass as it is, if I'm gonna expand my territory, it's gonna be something that isn't already perfected by the fox I get to call my girlfriend.†She winked at Nora and laced her fingers behind her head, a self-satisfied smirk curling her lips only for it to fade as she opened one eye menacingly toward Nora, “Not anything with legs. I've got standards, you know.â€
Audrey peered down at the screen Nora held and bobbed her head up and down as she assessed the image, “There's a big chance that he is a hunter and that he caught onto you like Ash did. He hasn't made any action yet though? No attacking you while in wolf form? Or human form for that matter?â€
“I don't think he'd be able to tell you if he had during wolf form, Audrey,†Ash added to Audrey grinning, “He has no recollection of his being a wolf.â€
All that is empty in the drawing should be filled in, the teacher said to us kids. First you sharpen the pencil to fill in the thin whiskers, then you use the thick crayon to fill in the wings with brown, meticulously and without letting the crayon leave the page. Six feet can be traced below the soft belly. Now, breathing is hard to detect on paper, the teacher said to me when I asked, but it is easier to feel it in real life.
Even insects breathe.
-Rawi Hage, Cockroach