~Ash retreated a few steps back. Live in a human house? On a human bed? Her ears pinned back, even though her head was still lowered. I couldn't.... Abruptly, malevolent memories of stories and news told to her from long-forgotten sources began flooding out from the devoid caverns of her mind. Vepsens. They're everywhere.
And I'm not safe alone.
She was so tempted to say yes, to admit herself under the protection of this kind former Alpha.
But that would be going against everything Ash stood for. Het independency would be obliterated with one simple agreement. She would no longer be a wild wolf.
Would you rather be murdered?
"Thank you." The words seemed to be coming from someone else, an echoing voice from far off. A voice completely impudent to the mind it took orders from. "I'd like that."~
"You can come and go as you please, as long as you help out occasionally. That's the deal," Greymane stated simply. "I'm too old to be chasing pups over hill and dale, an I got no desire to do so. I jus' go into town to swap for certain vices... Prepared meats an the like." He beamed all over his wolfish face. " Yesterday, I got a mighty nice ham. There's an elk over across there at the edge of the wood, still pretty fresh."
~Ash nodded gratefully, now comfortable to raise her head completely, though her eyes would always be kept lower than his. "I can't express my gratitude for such kindness," she began, finally her muzzle letting a sardonic grin creep onto it, "but I'll certainly try to prove my worth to be given such novelties."
He's expecting you to work in HUMAN form... She slightly raised an eyebrow at his last comment, though still staying within the lines of respect. "Town, eh?" The brown she-wolf panted a snickering laugh. "To admit, I've never left the woods in the entirety of my life."~