Pauk

Teho is her brother (father's side). She is calm and serious and he's an awkward turtle 

She's nearly three summers old. She is loyal, dedicated to her family. She will do anything for them...

She is the most agile of the entire hunting parties. 

:Spider

Teho is her brother (father's side). She is calm and serious and he's an awkward turtle. They met when she was visiting her father's pack past the mountains last spring. Teho had never met her but had bonded her to immediately, much to her displeasure. The pup looked just like her father. He smelled like his dead mother. She didn't have the heart to leave him behind when he asked to stay with her.

Astri was welcoming, the pack wasn't as large as it is now and game filled the forests. Pauk was one of the best on the hunting party and everyone knew it. There wasn't much grumbling when she brought Teho home except from some of the old, worrying pupsitters and nursing mothers. 

Then the little nut had to go and fall for the meanest little spitfire in the pack. She doesn't worry for him. She worries for the she-wolf in case she ever tries anything...

Now Pauk, the Spider, is nearly four summers old. She is loyal, dedicated to her family. She will do anything for them...

But having pups? That's something she wants even more so....And she didn't know, until this past winter...watching Astri have her pups. Does she asked the Spirit of Winter....Does she strike out and find a mate this spring? How did one go about this business?

Sigh. Well...clearly she is hopeless.

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Last fall, two new wolves joined the pack. 

"Males," Taiva had teased her. Pauk had snorted. Though they'd grown up together, Taiva was much more relaxed about these things. Case in point, her sagging belly nearly brushed the ground when she walked.

"Yes, two males. One quiet, one loud." 

"Both handsome."

Handsome. Yes, they were both that. Especially the one with the redwood colored fur.

Taiva caught her staring. Nuzzled her throat. "Laiks."

"Likes what?"

"That is his name. Sadly...he seems a bit heartbroken. You might have better chance with the grey, Handuril." 

Pauk didn't want a chance with either one. "I have hunting to do." 

Taiva's eyes sparkled. "Don't hunt too long out there."

Pauk snapped the air lightly, knowing what she meant. "Don't worry. I leave the long hunts to you."