Wapun Meadow New Life, New Hope, And I'm Taking You With Me!

Sen must've chosen a den close to the borders: Chusi was already coming towards him, if the strengthening of her scent said anything. Her mothers scent was there too, but further, less strong. With any luck, this would all be done and over with before she realized Chusi's dissapearance. 
Smiling, he called out to her loud enough for only her to hear. 
           "Chusi, Chusi come here, but be quiet. I have to ask you something, little one."
He didn't cross the borders: Sen was a Beta now, and surely what he was about to prepose to the little one would surely cause the dark mother to set her pack on him. Funny, how he never had seen it as his own, despite being here at least a few days to settle. It just wasn't right for him, he supposed. Speaking softly to the pup, he reached out to nuzzle her gently.
                          "Chusi, are you happy here? Do you want to stay with your mother? I'm leaving, Chusi. I found a woman who is starting her own pack soon, and I want to be there with her. You're old enough now to choose, in my opinion, and I promise I would give my life to protecting you from any monsters if you wanted to come with me."
He would take her through the Witch's Marsh, should she say yes. Lose anybody who might follow them, and then meet up with Algaeca as soon as the obsidian brute deemed they were alone. His life would go to Chusi, yes, just as her real parents would care for her. He wondered, though, how she would see him. As a father? A friend? Only time could tell him that, too, but it was more important now that they got away from Rosings. 
Or he, rather, if she chose to stay here. It might hurt, but he couldn't fault the little girl for wanting to stay with the woman who had birthed and cared for her this far.