As I crept out from the saftey of the den, my tail straight out, ready to strike if needed. I narrowed my eyes in on the wolf, seeing it's pitch black pelt. The wolf stood, facing the forest, staring at the path of blood that leads the way into the depths of it's darkness.Hmm, maybe it is him. But if it is, he would have came to see me. I softly layed each paw in front of the other, soon reaching the black wolf.

"Ryan...?" I whispered softly, not wanting to scare him. If that was in fact, him.

"RAH!" The wolf jumped, turning around to meet my face, clearly surprised in my prensence. "Who is Ryan?" The stranger snarled, aggravated.

"Guess you're not Ryan.." I mumbled under my breathe. "Ryan is my mate. I'm sorry I mistook you for him." I apologized for my inconvenience.

"Well don't do it again!" She snapped in my face.

I bared my teeth in response and let a warning growl escape between my rigid jaw.

The female smiled, showing her white fangs, as I noticed she had two scars over her eyes, barely visable.

I snickered softly and change the subject. "Why are you here, anyway? This is my mate and I's territory."

"Well I didn't know because you didn't mark it. Maybe you should learn to mark your territory." She laughed sarcasticly and rolled her eyes.

I snarled, on edge now. I raised my black tail high in the air and moved closer to the wolf.

She smiled and spit in my face.

Getting really mad, I lashed out at her and bit into her flesh, growling with rage. She shifted from beneath me, trying to escape, only making it worse for her. For the second time today, I had bitten a wolf I do not even really know. I guess it was just from all of the frustration and anger I have been through and that has been building up, bursting out of my system.

I locked my jaw in place at the top of her neck and whispered to her calmly, hot blood running down my chin. "I had bitten a wolf not too long ago, that would also not leave. I bit her, and she ran off. She left with a pretty bad bite. Now, if you would like to end up worse than her, I suggest you stay here and endure more pain. Which would you like? Flee and live with the bite I gave you, or stay and possibly get worse. Your choice."

I smile as I let go of my grip on the female. She whines when I let her go and bolts off into the forest.

"Hey, wait!" I shout out to her.

She skidds to a halt and wearily turns around. "....What?!" She whispers, scared.

"What's your name?"

"Amber.."

I nod in thanks of being kind and telling such a wolf her name. "I am Overrated. Now scram." I smile to myself thinking of how I scared the female.

I watch as Amber turns sharply when I am done speaking, soon dodging between the trees of the forest, not looking back to see if I follow. I chuckle softly as I think of Raksha and how she, too, was scared of me after I had bitten her.

I knew I would soon regret all of this later, when my pups were the ones out there, not caring about others' feelings and souls.

I shuddered, not wanting to think of that anymore, as I slowly look up at the sun that shined directly above me. The cursed circle of life..