"Why is that?"

He didn't whine at the bite, instead bared his teeth and snarled. Quinton wasn't wrong though, it provoked him to aim for his ankle before he ran off, Dillon chasing after immediately and able to keep up much better than Cami or Aurelia at least. "I'm not a pup, idiot, I can catch up easier -

"Would it be a surprise if I said I am too good for this?" He growled at Quinton when being nipped at. "Only ashamed of the lack of calculations." Not that he could blame the pups. With a deep sigh, he shifted into his four-legged self, a light colored great plains wolf, and settled between the -

Quinton and Axel were right, not that he would help, he stayed off to the side and called out. "Are you guys really even wolves? Split up and surround him. Corral him in to the middle of you all. Faster wolves chase him into the smaller ones, it'll at least slow him down."

"I see. That's what you mean. Either way, I'm still certain she can handle her own. If she needs help, she can ask. But how are you settling in?"

"Well, I know you're not talking about Cassian, so I'm assuming Melina? What of it? I'm sure she can handle her own." He glances to Aurelia, nodding his head towards Cami like he wanted her to sic Cami. And she does, Aurelia happily pounces on Cami again.

Absolutely not. "I'm good, pup." He instead waits for Aurelia to get her fill of hugs before he's going over to stand by Aleks.

"And this is...?" Besides being an absolute baby, he was starting to think thus was a puppy daycare if he didn't spot Aleks and the other huge wolf.

Deep sigh. Better late to the party than never, right? Thanks to Aurelia texting Cassian and mentioning it was a werewolf get-together and that Aleks was even there had him being shoved out immediately to go 'socialize'. He quietly joins the commotion, standing off to the side until Aurelia sees -

"And I don't have to pry fake glued teeth off." He grins, already on for teasing Cassian.

"Boo, you forgot about me? We were great friends."

"Gee, Brookie, maybe leave the poor fella a note, especially since you have a bad habit of running away. Honestly, it's so cruel."

"No, no, not at all, my dearest Melina. I'm not above admitting I miss my friends, it's always fun to tease you." Shows his affections by gently bullying.

"Aw, Melina, did you get a new puppy because you missed me so much? Cute."