King Elk Forest begin again

sorry for the wait! ❤

mona. he doesn't recognize the surname mayfair, but he supposes he doesn't have to. he expects her to - oh, i don't know, ask about king elk or something about the pack, you know, but then instead she tells him a snippet of her history. something the chronicler treasures dearly, but also, something clearly still freshly traumatizing.

"oh," he says, alarmed. where's a counselor when you need one? "um. king elk is -- are you sure you're okay? i can .. we have counselors you could talk to," delight fumbles, "if you - want to, i mean. and the king elk is a large elk who's lived here long before we arrived."