October 12, 2015, 07:28 PM
Ironically, their official claiming howl happened one year ago today! ^___^
He suddenly found himself on the eastern side of the caldera, staring off toward Lion's Head Mesa in the distance. Peregrine didn't remember walking here, though as he surveyed his former domain, he felt a tug somewhere deep inside him. His gaze eventually dropped to the treetops of Haunted Wood, the formerly green leaves now an incandescent blaze of red, yellow and orange. His stare turned baleful and without thinking much, he marched down to the caldera's base and began renewing the scent markers there.
Fuck moving for them, he thought as he urinated copiously on the borderline between the caldera and the forest. Sure, the lake shore offered variety but just as quickly as he'd decided to shift their boundary lines, he reneged on his decision. They had been living on this caldera for a whole year (which was an eternity in dog years). Peregrine decided they wouldn't budge an inch, not for anyone but especially not those shit-for-brains squatters.
After a quick patrol to freshen up the faded marks, he planted his rear at the foot of the caldera, then tipped his head into the air to howl, reclaiming the entire caldera and announcing it not only to his pack mates but the unwanted neighbors lingering next door.