Moonspear Life is Worth Living

She loomed the edges of the claim, stewing on what to do regarding the bears. If they ended up hibernating here, it would just postpone the problem and then come springtime, they'd have cranky bears on their paws -- and who knew what the status of the pack would be come springtime. Hopefully it would be a far more cohesive unit, perhaps with more experienced warriors in their midst, but it was not a chance to rely on. Something had to be done soon.

Somewhere along the lap of her borders, she'd become derailed thanks to a fleeting glimpse of a deer bounding away from the mountain. They were seeming active recently, something she assumed related up to the waning days of their rut, and she would be fine to see them stick around into the wintertime unlike the rotten bears.

But, even this trail went cold and instead it brought her into range of the tawny-coated female. Amekaze eyed her suspiciously from the second she spotted her and wasted no time moving to intercept what looked like a purposeful pathway towards the mountain. The dark alpha was poised before her, watchful with a slow sway to her lifted tail. While Ame said nothing, the question was clear in the heaviness of her stare: where do you think you are going?