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Wild peeled back his lips in a defencive snarl. He wouldve loved to say that his feelings for Arandell were strong, but he knew he couldn't. He stiffened his legs, and a deep growl rumbled in his throat. Hackles raised, his exposed not one, but both of his white fangs. "My apologies, but I thought you wanted to join our pack. However your remark was uneccesary and unneeded. I'd watch your tongue next time." He snarled throatily. "I will not fight you now. A fight should be picked in dire need. I am not one to fight without reason." He growled, but held his ground with his tail held high, and lifting his head higher than the others.

Timber smiled at Sahara, and turned to Kirai. "There no need for that! It's not his fault his heart burns with passion for Arandell! I'm sure in his position, you would've done the same!" He growled.

Wild's ears perked, and a knot formed in the pit of his stomach. He said nothing, but in his mind, his expression was of sheer embarrassment.

"I would like to see you try." She said coldly, her eyes a mirror of ice. Her voice lowered considerably and dangerously as she stared quietly after the male. Her tail was raised instinctively, held steadily. She could see, rather feel, something that seemed to radiate from this strange loner. A feeling she could not quite touch, yet knew she alone could feel the fringes frizzing out at her. She had learned to predict and read the feelings of Canids as a young pup, and had never quite got rid of the instinctiveness of the action. The reading had, indeed, saved her life once from the grieved jaws of her maddened father. It had been shortly after her two brothers had died, and she had been stupid enough to wish to check her father's condition. Had she not tentatively opened herself to the wave of emotions that flooded her, she would not have escaped the mad flash of jagged white teeth.

She shook her head, staring after the loner. She did not know how it felt to be alone, and want to stay so, and she could not in anyway help this male. She did not remotely want to. She watched as he strode away, the frost in her eyes melting swiftly as she dropped the stand of her tail. With a final growl, she turned and stalked back closer to the others, her eyes catching Timber's shyly.

A wave of sadness and regret came over Wild. He'd lost two eligible pack mates, and gained an enemy: the last thing he wanted. He sighed, sad to see Oki go. She would have been an excellent addition, helpful with hunting and tracking Wild assumed. He laid down, and curled his tail around him. He closed his eyes, and began to think. Was he really stupid like the male said? No, it couldn't be. Wild was as clever as a sly fox. He meant no harm to the male, and yet he shattered Wild's pride with the male's words. "He judged me as an idiot, and then challenged me. I never did anything to him except invite him to our pack. Was that so wrong?" He spoke softly to himself. "I meant no harm at all, and now he's crushed my pride." He paused. "But I am strong. I shall not let his false words scar me." He rose to his feet, and lifted his tail in an alpha position. Glaring at the shape of the male, he lifted his leg and marked his scent, forming his boundary line. He growled to himself, and exposed a single fang at the small shapes, and then turned back to his pack.

Timber loud out a loud snort, and turned his back. "There was no need for conflict." He growled, and laid down with his paws crossed. He glanced at Sahara, and gestured for her to lie next to him. "Come now, I don't bite pretty faes like you. Only the wretched, evil males, or the traitors who deserve it." He smiled a toothy grin.

Sahara felt her cheeks flame as she returned his grin. She padded up beside him, stretching slightly as she laid down beside him, her tail curling and resting on her hind paw as she did.

She watched as the fly spun to the ground and lay, twitching slightly. She resisted the urge to stand and flick it off to the side, and turned her gaze toward Timber, regarding his features carefully.
"I'm... Sahara." She said softly, as though lost in a trance of some kind.

She blushed, and stood, shaking any grass bits that still glung to her tan body, and moved to settle next to Timber. Her ears swiveled forward, as if she were trying to catch a sign of the strange loner male that had just left. Her eyes stayed on Timber, and her tail flopped next to his.