The Sentinels Be your own light, they said, but he needed others to help him illuminate the dark.

Kurai sat in the forest, licking a bone. A beautiful leg-bone of a doe. He licked it till' it shone, and planned on giving it to the alpha. From where he came, the young wolves gave presents to their alphas to thank them for caring for the back. He and Sinuku would bring bones to their alphess romantically, then get chased off by the alpha male. Before his dad became alpha, of course. She always appreciated it though, and would smile at them as they passed. 
 So now, here in his new home, he would bring his alpha and his mate beautifully shiny bones, letting them do as they pleased with them. It was custom, and he wanted to present them with a small piece of his culture. Here, in his new home, where there was no thought of the future because the future was, once again, every breath, blink, heartbeat. Yes, he was the future.