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Focusing on Polly and Belladonna but other saints/saints pups could probably pop in EDIT: FORGOT THE DATE. Backdated to Jan 31

Now that she knows her father and the others are here, after meeting the drunken man the night before, Pollux went to seek them out come morning. The teenager figures that Jaxxon would be sleeping off his buzz still, but he had smelt of others, different wolves than she remembered being there before she left.

The Saints were growing without her, and it was time for them to meet her. Hopefully, she can get to them all today, though her first priority was her siblings. And the mongrels, if any of the little bastards had been allowed to live, who knows what daddy would do to the children of his whores.

Which of the little pets would be brave enough to wander from their mother's side, and did any of them have the potential to rise above their station? To prove their worth, to prove they deserve to grow up?

The snow crunched beneath her paws as she approached, her face a mask of gentleness as she spots a little brown pup. Hello, little bird, what's your name? She did look rather cute, perhaps she could be useful...

Bella was not one to squander opportunity, not when the door remained wide open and nearly begged her to cross the threshold. And so when the morning light touched the sky, and her eyes fluttered open, she jolted to her paws like a kid on Christmas day. She had passed a quiet glance toward her mother and sleeping siblings but had given them no other indication that her deft paws would slip away from their snoring and snoozing silhouettes.

No, Bella wanted to explore. To see what these mountains could create, what secrets they held, and what adventures would ultimately greet her.

And so she pranced across the frosty earth, a tail raised high above her back as her spring-time stare crossed the unfamiliar terrain. At first, everything was boring—doused in a morning glow and quiet among the others that had not risen. But then came a voice.

Bella’s ears tipped forward, curving toward the sound of words as peppered crunches of snow indicated another was coming. She twisted around, hopping to her step as greedy, curious eyes soared upwards.

A woman she did not know. Large and stocky, emitting the same…energy that her father often exuded. She stared, blinked once, and then narrowed her green-toned eyes with a look of careful intensity. Who was that?

Belladonna, She proudly asserted, her chin tilting up with a pleasant smile plastered across her lips. Who are you? And why did she look so similar to her?

Belladonna, of course the pet healer would name her child after a plant, a deadly one if she remembers correctly. Pollux moved to circle the pup appraisingly, humming before she answered. Pollux Kinsey all fake politeness, sounding so sweet. Perhaps one day the child will learn to dread that tone of her voice, but not yet.

The teenager finished her circling, laying down to be on the pup's level and crossing her front paws, very lady like. Daddy sent me off to an ally pack for more training before you were born, but i'm so glad to finally meet you The little bird was tiny, even if she had more of Joxer's colouring than the dove's. Polly tilted her head slightly, puppy like to match energy with the pup. Do you have any littermates?

How many mongrels did daddy's whore make, and how many survived til now. in less, friendly terms.

Pollux Kinsey, the voice had said.

Immediately, Bella’s ears had perked forward, and a subtle widening of her gaze held her surprise. A sister. Bella could recall her other half-siblings, some more favorably than the others - like Sauron, whom she liked, and Athena, whom she did not. Was this another one, just like them?

Curiously, she watched as her sister — half-sister — stalked around her like she was nothing more than a fish in water. And while the motion caused her legs to twist and nearly buckle, Bella remained upright as she refused to release Pollux’s stare.

She didn’t know why she felt it necessary, but somewhere deep in her bones, she felt a challenge.

Bella settled only when her sister did so, matching her posture with an air of mimicry as she blinked up at the amber stare that gleamed back down on her.

I do, She proudly stated, her chin slightly tilted as if such information was highly valuable. Three others, She simply stated with a nod. One of them is around here somewhere… Though truthfully, she had not known where Viola had gone off to.

She blinked at Pollux, her brain sifting through other questions she wanted to ask: Are you the sister of Sauron? She asked, only knowing the name of the boy who had stood up for her against Athena.

She hated Athena.