The mercury wolf glided through the night, silent as the ghost he appeared to be. Fog coated this part of the Erenyx territories, it gave him a vitual sea to wade through. Jackson had succeeded in his quest to join a pack. His conversation with the Alpha was a brief one, Teren granting him the rank of Hunter. And with that rank, access to Erenyx territories. Once again, he had packmates, hunting partners and wolves to spar with. A life of solitude had left him lean and bitter, losing all that had given him hope. His only constant companion was death, whom he no longer feared. Yet, like all living things, he was inclined to cling to life, visciously. The trees were low and sparce, giving way to random shafts of moonlight. Without such luminousity, he would have been incapable of seeing where he was going. As he loped, memories swirled as did the white that threatened to consume his vision.

The memories were of his brothers. Who else? The only one who survived alongside him was Caleb. But he deserted the silver fiend, left him with the bodies of Harry and Alec. He fled, taking the last slivers of Jackson's love with him. If Daniel hadn't gotten ill. But he couldn't blame Daniel, the gentlest of the five, for he would never have wanted such a future for any of them. Too late now. The air became colder, the moonlight brighter, until he came to a bone jaring halt at a cliff edge. Without her shining eye, the mercury male would have become a victim of gravity. But luck ran with him, and his heart continued to beat in a fierce manner. Walking slowly to pear over the edge, his emerald eyes sought only fog. Silver turned to black, just as his coat did. How fitting. The wind played with said coat, running its fingers through the thickness as he lifted his head to gaze at the night sky. The stars glittered about the moon. A smile parted his lips, the act softening all parts of his face. The hardness left his eyes, leaving the ghost of the wolf he had once been.

Jackson would have stood all night gazing at the stars. The great sentinals had gathered in such a grand way, he had never seen so many before he stood this close to the sky. But it seemed his night would not be peaceful. The wind that so gently caressed his coat also brought with it a scent. A fae? The silver wolf had not been in the presence of a female since his brief escapaid with Lumina. The little onyx fae had disappeared of the face of the earth. With a sigh, he lowered his head and turned on his haunches. This would be a packmate, it would be best to meet and greet. As he began to trot in the direction on the she-wolf, his lips twisted in a smirk. He had joined Erenyx for a reason. Jackson was a fiend, which meant that the others in this pack would be so well inclined.

A simple meet and greet, thats all. The mercury wolf had only been on the move for a few minutes when he came upon her form. At first he thought he had been mistaken, for the wolf that ran towards him was of his height and his previous build. His emerald eyes traced the sharp edges and managed to find the onyx fae behind the mask. Jackson came to a halt and shouted, "Who goes there?" in way of greeting. Always a way with words. He stood at his full height, tall neutral, head up so as to see her through the sea off fog. Her coat was black as ebony, she looked like a phantom in the half light. "My name is Jackson, I'm the newest Hunter to these lands", he called again, trying to be polite. Being a loner, battling rogues, left much in the way of social skills.

Jacksons green eyes never left her as she sat and spoke. They were not cold as such, but calm and even half closed. A mask of peace, not letting anyone in. He had no idea why the fae spoke of her rank in such a way, to have any rank is an achievement at all. Considering what he had heard about his new Alpha. Though he couldn't physically detect any hostility towards him, Jackson hadn't managed to live his three years on trust alone. He stayed put, allowing his features to soften slightly. A creeping smile curling his lips as he answered her,"I suppose the cruel world and I had grown bored of each other. It is true that I have become well adapted to life as a loner, but I have grown bored. Boredom is a cruel thing and I decided that the best way to release myself from it's grasp is to reintegrate into pack politics". He spoke steadily but allowed the hardness back into his eyes and the smile to become more profound, even mocking. A challenge to his reasoning.

The mercury wolf stopped looking at her for a moment, this fae named Pandora, to tilt his head skywards as he had done eariler. From the place they stood, there was enough of a patch to glimpse the sky above but unfortunately, it was shrouded in the grey of cloud. Course there is. Sighing, he brought his attention back to the onyx she-wolf. "I have suffered the loss of my pack, and all four of my brothers. My very essense has changed, so I thought it only predent that I join Erenyx", he had no idea why he was explaining himself. He looked down at his feet and barked a laugh, surprised at his willingness to open up. The silver male took a few steps towards her, before lowering his quarters to the ground and curling his large tail around his lithe frame. He was unused to sitting for, aside from sleeping in a myriad of dens, he was so often running towards his next target.