Swiftcurrent Creek make sure that the porch light stays on

Read Only... but if @Mae @Jakub or @Nicodem wanted to do one post too, that's all good. <3

They were preparing a party of wolves to chase the threatening woman from the valley. Lestan, also, had come home to them and after dealing with some of the fiasco that had entailed, Akavir had slipped away to seek solace with @Jakoul and his kids—intent on a night’s sleep outside the den where he usually remained—able to hear the soft noises of sleep and grunting from within the cozy den Jakoul had chosen.

But what he was met with were whimpers from within—and with a hurried snout brushing past the entrance, his eyes locked upon the trio of ebony whelps—no Jakoul in sight.

He blinked warily—torn between going to look for her and keeping an eye on the pups. Reminded of Jakub’s adventurous potential the day the boy had first looked out the den, he was swift to choose the latter—assuming Jakoul had simply gone to stretch her legs, or relieve herself.

And so, tentatively and for the first time, the father enclosed himself around the tired babes—hoping his warmth would lull them to sleep, even if he was a poor substitute for mother and her milk.

He waited, silent in the night—his eyes trained upon the den entrance, waiting for the she-wolf to return. Sleep, it would seem, would not find him.