A House is not a Home

[Steele]

Steele (werewolf form) ran into the forest back towards his camp. His thoughts still repeating what Namari had said.
Ranulf and Balius made it back to the camp. Steele however didn't.
He stood up on two paws breathing heavily. All his anger, all things that had been suppressed when he was with Namari seemed to just flood back to him.
Namari and he broke-up but it was more than that to Steele. Sure they went for a brief moment without seeing each other, but it was the time they had together that kept Steele from being like Balius. The times when Namari was at the hospital when Steele nearly died...twice. The time when Steele lived with her and Benny and Peter. They were practically a family, they had their moments when Namari just wanted to strangle him for his stubbornness, but those were the moments Steele loved. More than being with his pack.
Namari was the only one he ever loved in his life. She was the only one who made him feel like he wasn't alone or a waste.
And now she was his enemy and no longer loved him back.

Steele grabbed his head feeling a massive migraine. His mind trying to turn feral to escape the extreme depression. Tears fell from his face, he was growling in anger but at the same time was crying. One wouldn't be able to tell which of the two were greater.
He felt disgusted with himself, how could he have been so stupid? On top of that he lost the battle and was now probably going to be on a Bounty list in Avaleur. Even if he begged Namari for forgiveness the people would HATE her guts for favoring someone who tried to attack Avaleur and killed some guards.

It was over between them. There was absolutely no way it would ever work out.
"Damnit!" He yelled to the sky but in this form it came out as a roar. Was this all he was meant for in life? To be alone and hated!?
He leaned against a tree and slowly slid down to a sit. Tears still streaming from his yellow eyes.

[Namari Lovelle]

"Dammit, where is he..." Namari had decided after making sure all would be well in Avaleur to go and find Steele. She quickly made her way through the forest, wondering where the werewolf had gone. She had no idea what she would say, what she would do. All she knew was that she had to go and see him.

"It shouldnt be that hard to find him..." she muttered. Suddenly, she heard a sort of 'roar' and she began walking towards it. "Steele!" Namari called out, looking around. "Where are you?!"

[Steele]

(Lol you just set up one of the scenes in a horror movie. Girl calls out in a dark spooky forest and rather than turn around she goes even deeper into it and gets killed. XD For this you must be punished.)

"Well' Well' Well'." Another werewolf emerges from the shadows along with two others. None of them Steele.
"If it isn't Avaleurs white knight." It mocks circling her. The werewolf has blond fur with black streaks in it. The other two werewolves begin to surround her.
"What's a gal like you doing all the way out in the forest this late at night?" It says with a wolfish grin on its face.
None of them had any equipment, meaning they were probably just Balius's patrol that scout the forest for travelers or caravans.
Still they were thugs.....gangsters. And this was practically their dark alley.

[Namari Lovelle]

"I'm on important business. Move out of my way." Namari spoke calmly, stopping and looking at the werewolves. She had not yet drawn any weapons.

[Steele]

The werewolf laughed which made the other two join in.
"Ye' see, your not really in the position to tell US what to do." The blond one says.
"Can we eat her now Chase? huh? Can we?" A smaller were with messy fur says.
The other werewolf back hand slaps the smaller one.
"Shut up dude, we'll get to that."
These werewolves acted more like kids than adults. Their size were not adult size either, an average were would be at minimum 6'8" but these were more like Namari's height.
If one were smart enough they'd realize these were probably a few of the kids that were abducted from the rain festival massacre. They were probably 12 or 13 but were just trying to act tough since no one could really tell how old a werewolf was unless you actually knew them or were a werewolf yourself.

"Anyway..." The blond one says. "How about you pay the fee and we'll let you go quietly."
"Yeah or we'll kill ya!" The smaller one says.

[Namari Lovelle]

"I honestly doubt you lot could kill me." Namari shrugged. "So let me move on before we must result to violence. I'm in a hurry here, I'm looking for someone."

[Steele]

"Well....we'll see about that." The blond one says gulping. Namari just intimidated him.
He looks at the the other werewolf.
"Get her." He orders.
The werewolf gives him a look.
"Why do I have to get her?" It asks with an attitude.
"Because you're the fastest." The blond one says.
"I just learned how to walk on two feet how am I the fastest?"
"I'll get her!" The smaller one growls and then lunges at her, the exact equivalent of a little brother trying to attack his big sister.

[Namari Lovelle]

Clearly they are mere kids... she thought. Not drawing a weapon, a green shield of magic popped up infront of Namari where the werewolf had lunged at her.

[Steele]

The small werewolf hits the green shield of magic, causing him to yipe, which is an extremely embarrassing thing to a werewolf. He slides down the shield dazed and disoriented. How would you feel after running into a wall?

The two standing were's look at each other. What just happened?
The other were flexes his claws.
"Okay then. Try this!" It thrashes around trying to claw at Namari but it's attacks are sloppy and the footwork is horrible.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari continued to randomly place up the shield as the were lashed out. The woman was determined not to harm them. "This is childish and foolish!" Namari spoke out, "You are no real fighters yet, how could you possibly go againsed me?"

[Steele]

The other werewolf stopped clawing at her and was out of breathe. He took a step back but then stumbled to the ground. "Darn it!" He says holding his paws. He still couldn't walk upright well.

The blond werewolf backed up. "Okay, okay....you're free to go." He says nervously.
Namari could probably find Steele a lot faster with they're help.

[Namari Lovelle]

Namari was about to begin walking away to find Steele, when she thought of something. "Since I bested you today, might I ask a favour in finding my friend? He's a werewolf like yourselves, and I doubt I will be able to find him as fast as any of you can."

[Steele]

The three werewolves looked at each other and then the blond one spoke, "Maybe we know him, maybe we don't..." He says.
"What's it worth to ya?" The small one says.

[Namari Lovelle]

"What you know of him is no worth to me. Help me find him or I'll probably get lost and maybe become hurt, and I assure you he will not be happy with that piece of information, especially after finding out his kind could have helped me." Namari smiled innocently.

[Steele]

The blond one stammered in a look of guilt.
"Okay okay, we'll help you look for whoever it is you're lookin' for. But your on a tight leash, the others won't like travelers roaming around in the forest and if you get caught, we're not helping." He warns, even though he most likely would.
These kids weren't all bad, just mistreated and taught wrong.

"Say, who are you looking for anyway?" The smaller werewolf asks rudely, getting uncomfortably close to look her over.
The other wolf was still sitting on the ground.

[Namari Lovelle]

"A fair bargain." Namari nodded to the blonde boy. The elven woman raised an eyebrow at the werewolf becoming close to her. "I am looking for a man by the name of Steele. One of you must know him, right?" Namari asked.

[Steele]

They all went silent and looked at each other. What did this woman want with Steele?
"Yeah we know him." Chase, the blond werewolf, says.
"He's the one that taught us how to control ourselves." The werewolf on the ground says.
These kids had some of Steele's influence, which is probably why they went around extorting explorers and travelers. They must have spent a lot of time with him whenever he was around.
"What do you want with him?" The small werewolf asks getting even closer to her.

[Namari Lovelle]

"I need to talk to him. Important business." Namari said. She raised an eyebrow, looking at the close wolf, "Might I ask what you are doing?"

[Steele]

"Say, you don't have an arm!" The small werewolf realizes. "And your ears are....are you a high elf?" It asks becoming fascinated. Werewolves like any animal, profile a subject before they do anything. Usually they do this by looking something over in a circle, or up close. Humans do it to, but rather sloppy since it only takes 7 seconds before one forms an opinion about something.

[Namari Lovelle]

"Yes, I am a high elf." Namari chuckled slightly.