Feige

Feige had always been a quiet pup, trying to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. Unfortunately for her, her pack was made of trouble. Thrived on it. Determined to escape the abuse of power that tainted every aspect of her pack, she had planned her escape. That was before she was forced to take a mate. She spent her first few months with her mate wishing she could be anywhere else. Even being exiled as a lone wolf would have been better than the cruel mate her mother had chosen for her.

Her breaking point came when she found out she was with pups. She may have had to endure the sick laws of this pack her whole life, but she refused to subject innocent lives to the same miserable fate. Under the cover of a foggy, moonless night, she left her pack. She picked a direction and ran, covering her trail as she went in every way she could think of. She traveled in bodies of water for the first month before she felt she was far enough away that she would be safe. She stuck to hunting small game, staying on the move. she was on the trail of a rabbit when she caught a scent that didn't seem to belong where it was.

Following the sent, she eventually found a pup that seemed to be hunting mice. The pup got too close to what seemed to be an occupied fox den. The fox, likely seeing the pup as an easy meal, went on the attack. The pup had dodged a few of its well aimed bites, but it eventually pinned him. Unable to stand by and let the fox hurt the pup, Feige surged forward, batting the fox away. she fought with it a moment before catching it in her jaws by the neck. There was a yelp and a crack. The fox no longer a threat, she went to the pup it had been attacking. He looked so small and tired, it broke her heart. She made sure he was okay, then suggested they try to find his pack. She saw him hesitate, thinking carefully before he agreed. He stuck close to her.

The two became inseparable. She learned his name was Rhodri. That he had watched his mother be killed while he struggled to escape the wolves pup-napping the young during a raid on his pack. Innocently, he offered his home to her. She accepted, not having the heart in that moment to tell him they may not find anything when they finally reach his territory. It was weeks before they found his home, or what was left of it. No one was there, no living wolf to speak of. He was devastated. Feige curled around him, trying to comfort him. At least he wasn't alone, she would make sure of that. They decided to move on from here, taking care of each other and searching for somewhere safe that they could call home. That was when they wandered into the alpha of The Crimson Order.

Rue found Feige and Rhodri together at the eastern border of Crimson Order Territory. She Hadn't had the heart to turn them away, so she lead them back to the pack, offering Feige a space in her own birthing den where she and faarax could easily help her through the first stages of motherhood. It was a kind offer and, needing the help at this stage in her pregnancy, she gladly accepted it. Rhodri was offered space with the other adolescents, but he declined, opting to stay just outside the den Rue and Farrax were sharing with Feige. Feige was grateful to the young male she would joyfully consider her friend, but she worried for him. Even pup's his age should be more concerned with making friends than whether or not it was safe to do so.

She relaxed as, with some convincing on her part, Rhodri seemed to ease up around the other wolves, though he still stayed close. Beggars couldn't be choosers. The hadn't called Crimson Order home for long before she gave birth to her pups. Rhodri helped her name them, clean them. Was protective of them, just as she had been of him during their journey together. It touched her heart in ways she would never have thought anything could. Aren, Adina, and Aulis were her world. Rhodri seemed to understand that on levels that shouldn't be expected of a young male pup. He was her biggest support.

All good things end eventually. One evening he came to the den with his tail tucked and head down. He explained the meeting of the packs and that he'd seen members of his old pack. The way he spoke, she knew he loved those he'd seen very much. With some help from her new alpha, Feige was able to convince Rhodri to go with the other pack. Rue gave him an open path back to see Feige and her pups whenever he had the desire to do so. She knew she wouldnt see him again for a long time, but that was a price she could pay.

This young cub had been with her through the steps of motherhood that had terrified her, shown her everything he had learned from his mother, and been her friend when she had been completly alone. Letting him go was the the best way she could repay him. There were others he cared for, and he couldnt go to them if she held him back. Goodbye wouldn't be forever. She wanted him to be happy, that was all.

As her pups grew, she found she had a gift with young wolves. Enjoying the process of caring for the young, wishing to put all she had learned from Rhodri, Rue, and Faarax to good use, she chose to become a Pupsitter. It was the perfect role for her.