King Elk Forest neanderthal

maybe @Laika?

there were other wolves here, and Cas found himself to be the only male in the pack. Luke had disappeared, and the boy suspected it was not due to his own desire to be gone -- he had adored Saena and her children. while he was no alpha male, with no want to claim the rank, the boy nevertheless asserted himself as the only man among them and patrolled often, intending to block rivals if they threatened the sanctuary Saena had chosen for her wolves.

today he discovered the brown bones of what he was sure had been a great and verdant forest, flush with game and densites. but it was nothing now; locusts buzzed feebly here and there. Casmir scented for wolves; finding nothing, he pressed into the wood warily, wondering if there was anything to be hunted here.