give my heart a place to rest

Tonravik panted heavily beneath the shade of the tree, the stifling heat more and more of a bother as the Summer days grew hotter. Well, soon, Fall would be here; but she still thought of snow, and perpetual cold, and sifted through the places that she knew had them. Again, the Taiga came to mind... 

The leader was not so bothered by the wolverine and the polar bear. Skirmishes happened frequently to prove oneself. Tonravik did not know why he would incite Nanuks wrath instead of biding his time; he was hardly in a state to win, but, one could never know how these things turned out. Tonravik had seen underdogs surprise her. But that was rare. As they measured one another, the alpha rest her head on her forelegs, ear twitching as an insect drew near to it.