Moonspear before the night

Their bodies pressed together, Charon could feel the rhythmic breathing of the body against his slow steadily. He sighed contently and remained in place, knowing that this was the start of something great. Or perhaps it started half a year ago, when they'd both agreed to lead this pack together.

He closed his eyes, but could not quite drift off to sleep, and so he stayed awake through most of the night, simply watching over and feeling good.