Golden Glade The Next Generation

Alder was already on his way to his wife with a mouth full of rabbit - he'd decided to go out and catch her one before bed, but it turned out the Brood had other plans - Aspen's worried howl rang out, and the ruler didn't need to question what had happened. Breaking out into a run, the brute thundered through the Glade and down into the tunnels, not slowing in his decent even when he'd broken into the main cavern - his blue eye was on the slab of stone covering the Queen's quarters, and only when he'd slipped into the den did he slow. 

He didn't dare come all the way it - hormones made a woman crazy, and he wasn't gaining another scar from being stupid. Poking just his head in, Alder dropped the rabbit to the side and swept his gaze from side to side in search of his wife's grey frame. It was hard to miss her now that the pups made her the size of a buffalo.

            "Aspen? You okay?"