Rafe stretched out and yawned. They didn't call themselves the Night pack for nothing. He sniffed the air and caught the scent of human on the air. It was faint and not particularly close to Night territory. Still Rafe figured it was best to take a look around to make sure. Knowing there was safety in numbers he went looking for Xena to join him.

Xena yawned as she woke up.She walked out of her cave.The smell of humans filled the air.It wasn't close but she didn't feel like fighting now.She walked around and saw Rafe "hey what are you doing?."

"Ah, just the wolf I was looking." Rafe perked up at the sight of her. He ran up to her stopping just short from running into her. "I'm going to take a look around. There are humans in the area so I thought it'd be best just to patrol and make sure our territory's really clear. Want to come with?"

Xena smilied as Rafe ran closer."Sure sounds great"She said as she started walking ahead.She lifted her head to the sky and watched the birds sing."nature is great" she yawned.

"Of course it is. We're a part of nature so it must be." Rafe said catching up with her. He looked up to see what exactly inspired her to say that. "More birds?" he shook his head. "Why you like looking at them so much I'll never know."

"whetevever"she said laughing.She looked at him as he shook his head.She continued walking ahead "it's just cause you hate bird"she frowned.

"Can you blame me? They're hard to catch. Why would I like something that takes so much effort to eat." Rafe scoffed. He then looked over and noticed her frown. "But I guess they're sort of nice to look at." He grumbled hoping that would appease her.

"first of all why would you eat the bird.second of all youre just to slow"she said laughing.She got quiet as he started grumbling.after he finished talking she smilied at him"see you agree with me"

"I guess so, but I don't know who you're calling slow." Rafe turned to Xena and licked her on the snout. "If I'm so slow catch me." He then took off running and laughing.

Xena stared at him while he ran. what that was for she wondered."I will"she called back running after him.She listened to the birds singing as she ran to catch up to Rafe laughing.

Rafe stopped running once she had caught up. "Alright you caught me but I'm not slow, alright?"

Xena stopped running as she caught upto him."alright" she said laughing

Rafe laughed a bit as well before scenting the air again. "It seems to be coming from the border. Do you think we should head down there? The alphas of the Blood and Moon packs can get a bit testy." He asked Xena.

Xena though carefully "i don't think so".Xena knew that the alpha female of the moon pack was mad at the alpha male of the blood pack things you here when you evesdrop she though to herself

"Yeah you're probably right. So what do you want to do now? We could go get a drink from the river and then hunt." Rafe said his gaze stuck in the direction of the border.

(good night)
"sure"she said as she headed towards the river.Her eyes were stil glued to the birds.

(night)

Rafe traveled beside her. His mind still on the border and what might be going on there.

Dresdus traveled outside the Blood pack den. He could sense humans in the area, but he couldn't tell where. Then, another sent caught the attention of Dresdus. "It's those two young ones from Night pack. What are they doing in the area?" Dresdus set out to investigate.

Suddenly a scent hit Rafe's nose and he paused. It was the scent of Blood packs alpha male. "Xena, Dresdus is near. If there's Dresdus and humans about I can't ignore it. I'm going to go check things out, come with me if you want." Rafe called to her before turning back around and heading in the opposite direction.

Unfortunately, since the Moon and Blood densites were so near to each other, Xandri had made the same discovery Dresdus had: Humans. And by the power of their scent, she knew they were in her territory. "Uh oh Roxas. Dresdus will have caught the scent by now and he'll be out for blood. Come with me. We need to find them and get them deeper into our territory. We can get rid of them without bloodshed but Dresdus is sure to want them dead as soon as he finds them." Roxas nodded and stood, shaking out his fur.

The two wolves climbed down from their rocky densite and to the edge of the cliff. They looked down . They didn't see anything and were about to go down when Xandri raised her head to the sky. The scent of humans was coming strongly from her right. Turning her head quickly she saw them. A young woman and an older male. She nudged Roxas, who was still looking over the ledge, with her shoulder and he looked over. A small gasp escaped him; humans were rare this close to the densite. "Their smell will draw in all kinds of unwanted attention. We need to be careful and guard our boundries fiercely. Go." She commanded and Roxas immediately did as he was told. Down the cliff toward the Blood/Moon border is where he ran first. Xandri stalked toward the girl and the old man making no attempt to hide herself.

Dresdus tracked the scent for a while, until he eventualy came across Rafe of the Night pack. "And what brings you so close to Blood pack territory?"

When Dresdus approached him Rafe sat in a neutral position, not submissive but still respectful. "I caught the scent of humans and thought I might check it out. Make sure there wasn't a potential threat to my pack." He answered Dresdus.

Dresdus examined Rafe with his golden eyes. "And I the same. Frst and I recently had cubs, and I will protect them no matter what."

Rafe nodded in understanding. "Of course that's understandable. Though who knows if these humans are a threat just yet. You don't want to start something with them." He said having heard his parents speak of Dresdus' view on humans.

"I am more than capable of handling my self. Humans are extremely dangerous, and you should be on your guard."