Blacktail Deer Plateau A slamming door and a lesson learned

he had not shared many words with dante since the silver man's return, but had kept distance betwixt them, assuming that the moonkissed alpha wished time to gather his thoughts, to mend. the ash had sprouted with tiny green seedlings, and yet the beta had not seen osprey again, nor shar-kali, and his heart grieved for them both.

he lay in a half-doze among the growing bodies of his children, but came awake as the alpha's summons rose for himself and blue willow. glancing about for his mate, the earthen wolf set off at a brisk pace to attend dante, halting a few feet away with a single wave of his dark plume. he fixed his eyes upon the alpha, and was silent.