#wolfguarded01

Gale was a recent arrival in town, he had arrived with a man he called his road brother. They were very close friends, family, and he wouldn't let anyone take his family away from him ever again. He planned on settling down now and having pups of his own, maybe a mate to go with them, and settle down. Just like him.

A man approached the forge, he was the one attending to the clients today and placing the orders but he also was forging stuff of his own. Still, clients were the first priority so he cleaned his hands from the soot with a small hand towel and approached the front where the other man was. Omega. He was handsome, so he decided to be charming or try to be anyways. He wasn't an expert in that kind of thing still, it couldn't be that hard.

So, he smiled and placed the hand towel on the side and picked up a notebook. "What can I get you? And the name for the order."

His daily life was simple enough but he liked it. It was calm, serene, and perfect for his pup Athena, who was too young to present yet. He enjoyed his day with other pups, taking care of them and teaching them a variety of things about themselves or others. How to share things, how to see each other as equals, how to get to know themselves, and even how to read and write. It was a busy life but it was one he liked.

Ever since his wife died, he wasn't the same. He became a full-time father but his job as a caregiver allowed him to be with his daughter full-time as well. It was a privilege and he got to see her improvements and teach her even. He was a kind soul and his entire heart was his daughter right now. He would fight, kill, and die for her.

He was one of the oldest caregivers in the pack with 42 years old and a 12-year-old kid. He arrived at Athos when he was 17 years old and had quickly fallen into the caregiver career. He had been trained to be the second in command for the leader of the pack, his old pack, so he was trained in how to socialize and how to treat kids. Now, he saw every parent come and drop off their own kid, he didn't know always what they worked in, but he could tell you which kid belonged to what parent fairly well and without mistake. Sometimes he could tell the troubled ones and talk to them, try to help them and offer an ear to lend.

Right now he was busy cleaning the area from the toys to provide some space for the kids to run after their class. Most of the other caregivers were busy right now and he sort of was but not like the others, his task was cleaning the area but someone had to do it. From vomit to clearing the area of toys.

He was just arriving into Athos when he saw him. The omega was standing guard by the gates and he knew he wouldn't be recognized because Silas had never seen his face but he must have heard of him. The packmasters had met with him, assigned him a job, a pack, and a cabin to share wirh other alphas.

He had returned to the gates then, to meet with Silas. Bothering him during work ours didn't seem like the wisest thing to do but he couldn't wait. He wanted to know how this town was, if he needed another escape, or if all was well. He didn't ask anyone about the guard, he would get the information from the horses mouth.

"Silas." His way of greeting was still too formal so he tried relaxing a bit into it. "I'm Armand Orion. I helped Taj and your other kids get you out of Egrain and, yes, they're fine. I took the fall for it." He let the info sink into the other's mind before speaking further. "Are you okay here? Do they treat you right?" He got the most important question out first, wanting to know how should he proceed.

He was wearing a loose shirt, his mating mark visible but he had arrived alone. Orion felt awkward, vivid and horrible visions of what they had done to Silas still at the back of his head. "I...I'm sorry I didn't get you out sooner. I didn't know."