Blacktail Deer Plateau Hello Sweets

Casmir had grown into a fiercely independent, somewhat distant young wolf, with his intentions upon the co-rank of outrider, and a tendency to wander far distances. yet even he heeded his mother, and her voice called him from where he had been contemplating an afternoon nap beneath a thicket of brambles and honeysuckle. long lopes carried him into her presence; he was taller than her now by a hair, but ducked his body in deference to her rank and role as his mother.

"what did you call me for, mama?" the boy asked, slipping easily into juvenile vernacular now that there were no siblings around to tease him for such. the last time she had called him like this, there had been a cool scavenger hunt, and he cast his eyes about to see if she had hidden anything.