The warm of the fire could earily be felt on her dark fur and the husky knre she had to rest her paws despite the ich of wanting to move. The team had worked hard but for some reason Echo couldn't help but keep her ears alert as she curled up.

The snow landing on her fur was melting due to the warmth of the fire which helped cool her down. She raised her head and looked around because for some reason, Echo couldn't help but feel that something was off. She knew she couldn't leave anyone though.

Nosoi | M | Wheel Dog 1 | Mentions: The Team

Warmth radiated from the cackling fire, soaking past Nosoi's raven-colored pelt and warming his skin. This was one of his favorite things about his day, getting to rest by a blazing campfire and just... be. The canine let out a long sigh, shifting his position to expose more of his body to the warmth. He flicked his tail out of the powdery snow to rest over his hind paws, letting the snow melt off of it and dry the damp fur. Nosoi yawned, off-white teeth glimmering in the dim light. He shook out his mane, shaking off the snowflakes that had landed on it.

Nosoi glanced around at the team. They seemed just as content as he was, laying by the fire graciously provided by their musher. It had been a lighter day today, but very cold. Nosoi's pads ached subtly, and he dipped his head to wash them of dirty snow and check of any cuts. Finding none, he lifted his head again. For some reason, it felt like a few dogs were missing. No, that couldn't be. Who in their right mind would stray from the comfort of the fire and go out into the freezing snow? Not to mention night had fallen, and it was hard to see, even for him. But again, it couldn't be. Nosoi lowered his chin to rest upon his paws, closing his eyes halfway. He didn't want to drift off just yet, but he was too tired to remain fully awake and alert.

Niko | F | Teammate | Mentions: Dakota

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Niko stretched her paws toward the fire to let the heat warm their frozen paw pads. She watched the snow melt and turn to water and soak her fur but at least the cold of the water didnt reach her skin.

She inched a bit closer to the fire and curled up tighter next to Dakota. She lifted her head to survey the surrounding dogs. She felt as if there were less dogs here than normal but she was too tired from the days work to worry about it. She laid her head back down and drifted off to sleep feeling the warmth of the fire on her face and Dakota's warmth radiating to her.

The Delta wolf roamed the woods, his tail swaying with each movement. Stopping in his steps he sees the light of a fire in the close distance.

He swallows softly. It was cold and a fire sounded pretty warm. Maybe there was a abandoned one? He hoped as he stalked closer.

He lowered his body, his belly and chest mere inches from the cold snow as his ears also lowered. He continued to stalk closer until he saw the back of a tent.

The fire near the side of it but a few inches away from the front of the tent.

He swallows again, more nervously this time though.

He decides to circle around the other side of the tent until two tamed beasts tumble their way over and collide with his side.

Causing him to fall over though he quickly scrambles to his feet and growls at them.

The wind had picked up its speed, and frigidness in the last hour. It now bit at Tykes muzzle and the paws he would took tuck away with his tail. It would have been smart for him to be sitting with the rest of the team near the fire their musher had built, right? Yeah, probably but Tyke had put that to the back of his mind when he'd caught the faintest whiff of something akin yet so, distinctly not his team. It had been faint, but it had been there and the old tales of those massive creatures dog-like but vicious who'd come to steal away dogs in the middle of the night, silencing their howls and lives most likely, made Tyke even less happy to stay put. He went to scout. It would have been absolutely idiotic for him to actually go out and search them down, so the dog had remained placed at front of the sled, haunches sat, head high, ears alert - ten or so feet away from the rest of the team. His eyes were narrowed, primarily because of the biting winds but also because he had not caught another scent of whatever he had thought he might of smelled earlier. His tail twitched in agitation before laying neatly over the paws he shuffled under it.

The two had set out immediately, as nothing was keeping them in the dense gathering of rocks they'd been camping at for the time being. There had been pawprints leading away from their camp at first, light but still visible that the two wolves were able to follow. But that was at first. The winds picked up quickly and without warning, dusting away any physical evidence and lingering scent of where their brother could be. Brakahs lips pulled back slightly, hinting at the white fangs beneath but he shook his head. Not worth wasting energy on a biting comment. His head instead turned to Thanatos,

Thanatos | M | Beta Wolf | Mentions: Brakah, Keith

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Thanatos had been laying down trying to nap when Brakah returned and questioned him about Keith. Thanatos obviously didnt know anything so they set out after their brothers trail and now it was gone. Thanatos didnt know what to do. There was no scent, no paw prints, nothing. He didnt respond to his brother immediatly and instead took in the surroundings. Nothing but trees anywhere he looked.

He noticed a faint glow beyond the trees but couldnt make anything of it. Thanatos, knowing his brother loved adventures, assumed if Keith had seem the glow, would go to investigate. He said in a low voice, "Maybe he went over to check out that glow." and motioned toward the glow with his nose.

Echo saw that Tyke was uneasy and something was wrong. Sniffing the air before she swore she saw movement and not from the team. Standing up and narrowing her eyes. She hoped she was wrong about the creature that wandered into their camp but there was a feeling.

It was canine yet not dog and while quiet however the sound of paw steps could be quietly heard. She now stood and watched for any movement, listened for any sounds but she wouldn't act yet.

Her tail was up and curled making the black and white husky appear relaxed but Echo knew that Tyke could sense something was going on. Her blue eyes watched for more of those canines.

"Play nice Juno", muttered Echo hearing the snarl.