Alpine Lake Call Home

For @Chase @Jem and @Everfree @Pritmor (and anyone else that wants to join, of course!) :) You can all jump in whenever, or if you'd rather a private thread you can message me!

Charley was feeling really good this morning, and after howling to @Aspen letting her know she was alone for a few hours, he set off. He usually didn't like others leaving the borders alone, but he was King and he was a warrior and he had a damn loud voice to call should he need it. As he walked, he thought about the Court. The borders were strong, and their scents were mingling to create the scent of the pack. Their cache just inside the tunnels was full, and who knows about the other ones across the Glade. Shalon and Darsal had done well in stocking them, plus whoever else had helped. Skeet and Darsal had been rare of late: they were still here, right? Perhaps Charley just hadn't seen them.... He hoped. In the mean time, his thoughts were on Ayla. She was recovering well, he assumed, and had a place within the tunnels. He suspected that Shalon might be next, and dearly hoped so. She was perhaps the only one who'd caught his eye in thinking about their Duke or Duchess. She was a strong woman, respectful and obedient, as well as becoming a good friend. He made a note to talk to Aspen about the posibility when he got home. After all, they were still in the process of settling. 
Charley went decently far, reaching a large body of water and laying himself next to it for a drink come sunhigh. He still refused to look at his eye opened, and the gashes healing along his face were all but ignored. He was still just as handsome as before, of that he was confident. The hearing on one side, the same side he no longer had sight, was hard to focus on. 
Tipping up his head, the King called for loners and those in need of a home. Might as well recruit while he was out, right? Who knows, maybe he'd get lucky.