Ouroboros Spine Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Kodiak's howl faded with the ebb of his packmate's songs. The russet male and the pale female gathered a couple corpses and departed them, leaving him, his Alpha, and a small black female who moved to stand at Tonravik's other side. To this the brown bear did not even bat an eye, although his attention would have been roused if it had been another male. He turned to Tonravik, briefly rubbing his muzzle beneath his leader's before turning and heading off with a wave of his tail. His earlier nap having been interrupted, and his blood still hot from the fray, he opted to patrol.