Redhawk Caldera This town is colder now

The Redhawk Alpha wasn't the only one in a funk. His Beta pair was struggling to reconnect, and Elwood was beginning to wonder if the damage to their relationship was beyond repair. It was something that he wanted to push to the back of his mind, though, so he set off from their little homestead that morning. He told Eljay where he was going in order to quell the boy's fears, then slipped away, heading towards the southernmost borders.

He reached the base of the caldera where the ground leveled out and gave Haunted Wood a cold glance, before turning and loping clockwise with the squat mountain at his right shoulder. This direction carried him towards Lake Rodney, but before he spotted its shores, he saw the figure of Peregrine moving in the distance. The dark male was running, though his pace did not seem particularly driven; he did not appear to be chasing prey or another wolf.

Elwood accelerated, his paws thumping the ground as he closed the gap between himself and the Alpha male. As he drew nearer, he chuffed loudly, but did not speak; his body language indicated that he did not want Peregrine to stop running and instead wanted to join him. The burn and pull of his muscles was therapeutic.