Styrke only briefly looked at Tufang as the pup watcher walked up to him. The den was waking up, and everyone was expected to go to their duty. The role of the Alpha was to be the leader and coordinate the whole of the den, but as the Beta most wolf would come to him if Bruce wasn't around. Styrke took only little notice of Tufang's salute, but answered it with a silent nod. IT was only moments later that Winter, a female subordinate, walked up to them also, asking about what was going to happen today. Styrke immediately looked back at the female, showing his fangs in slight anger as he simply answered;

''Styrke. My name is Styrke, not Stryker. One would hope that in all this time, you would get it right, Winter.'' 

Styrke was not known for being particularly gentle with his peers, especially in times such as these. However, the other member of the pack knew not to take such things too personal. He was, along with Bruce, a leader after all. Leaders could not afford to show themselves as weak. Especially Styrke. Despite Winter's question, the great wolf did not answer. He knew Bruce was coming up to them, and even as strong as he was, Styrke had no intention of stepping over the Alpha's authority. He bowed his head slightly at Bruce's approach.

''Alpha.'' He simply said as greeting. ''The den is still waking up, and most are still getting ready. If you want to scout the bears, send in the scouts themselves, it is their job after all. We need warriors to accompany the hunters and protect our territory, with all respects.'' He answered on a simple tone. Styrke liked to speak his mind, and he knew Bruce would not shame him for it. 

''I fear the hunters will need to go deeper to find preys, this time. Pups are hungry, and last hunt was only meager. I suggest sending in some of the Subordinates to assist. I already warned Accalia, the lead hunter, about it. I only need your authorization on this so that we can move out. As far as the patrol go, of course I would follow.you Alpha.. My life goes to your protection as well as this pack.''

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Accalia had been up and about since sunrise. On the last evening, the Beta came up to her with a dire situation. On their last hunt, the preys were only barely sufficient for all the pups, let alone the adults. Styrke knew this, and it was why he asked Accalia to go into deeper territories today. The risk of encountering the Winter-Wind pack was greater, so they had to come up with a plan. Accalia was now with her most experimented hunters, talking and devising a plan that would allow them to move under cover. Moving without being discovered was the easy part, but chasing a prey took time and effort...efforts they could not put into defending one another if they were under attack. The hunters could easily take down any prey that lived in these forests, but they would need protection to do so. Styrke agreed to see with Bruce if they could send in some Warriors for additional security, and all of Accalia's plans were based on that fact. 

She left her hunters, once they were all satisfied with the plan so far, and left for the Beta's den, where he gave her rendez-vous. Upon arrival the white wolf saw not only Styrke, but the Alpha too. Along with them was Tufang, a pup watcher and Winter, a subordinate. Walking up to the rock, she passed right beside Kaia...who was day dreaming again. Accalia playfully bumped into her to get her out of her mind, smiling to herself. Once close enough, she bowed to her superiors and spoke up.

''Greetings Alpha, greetings everyone. Styrke, me and my hunters have devised the plan you asked for and are ready.'' She looked to Bruce shortly before saying her next sentence. ''Could you...get us the warriors you promised?''