Redtail Rise [M] The past and the pending

For Wifey, @Saena.  Hope the location powerplay is ok!

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Long before the first light of February 3rd did Reek rouse his mate from her still slumber. Together, they left their humble alpha den behind and ambled slowly west to fulfill Reek's busy itinerary. Above all, Reek felt they needed a vacation; some time alone as tourists to breath new life into their relationship. He told her to close her eyes as she walked and to allow him to be her guide, but Reek knew she would steal glances along the way. It wasn't the surpise that mattered, but the thought behind the surprise, laced in heavy sentimentality, instead.

They crossed the barren morraine and the Dawnlark Plains, and as soon as the rise of their old home came into view, Reek told his mate to open her eyes. Illuminated by the eastern rising sun, Redtail Rise was draped in beautiful orange, yellow, and bright white light.  Still, there was something missing in the ever after glow. The land was still marked with scars left by the storm that drove their pack away, but spring would bring new life to the Rise, and perhaps, they could someday return to the mountain top.

Passing over the now nonexistant spetre that once was their border, Reek led Saena to their lovers leap; the waterfall they had called home for happiest month of Reek's life.  The water now ran still, frozen in time by frost.  Together, they loitered the whole day away, reminicing and recounting days of old, and enjoying their old home for as long as it would support them.

Eventually, they grew tired and withdrew to the waterside cave. Reek had missed the space to spread within, much unlike his meager den in the maplewood. Here, he lived like a king. While the day faded away into night, they slept together in a solid pile. It was the most fulfilling rest Reek had had in months.

He was the first to rouse in the morning. He shuffled and breathed in deeply.  His senses were then ensnared by a powerful and alluring scent.  Saena had gone into season. Reek rose to his feet, propelled by a powerful biological imperative, and tried nosing his sleeping mate awake. There would be few words if any, but he would have her.