Blackfeather Woods New blood

As he closed his eyes he heard Venus's voice but it was as if it were in the distance, across a field or underwater even. Then without warning he felt something poke him fiercely in his ribs. He screwed his eyes up tight and protested. "Ow, what you doing geroff will ya, just five more minutes." But the nudging still continued, worse than before. Finally his eyes snapped open and he remembered what had happened and why he was so cold. "Ok, ok, I'm coming, I'm coming." He got to his paws and followed her, there was an initial shock of cold as he unfurled his body, especially on his belly, but the more he walked the warmer he felt, Venus was right all along, this was better.