Horizon Ridge seeking purpose (J)

Few days had passed, since Pump had promoted Ragnar to the Beta rank and he seemed to be doing very well. He guarded the borders more fervently than he had before, he didn't abuse his new privileges and for now it looked like he was quite comfortable, where he was. And with this the pressure that had been put on the wolf-dog had disappeared. For how long - that was an entirely different story, but with the birth of the cubs approaching, Pump doubted that he would want to engage in something risky.

This didn't mean, however, that she was taking advantage of splitting the leadership duties with him. Not at all - she was working just as hard as before, now focusing on the movement of the herd of deer that had arrived at this part of the valley two weeks ago and, since the grass here was lush and plenty, they weren't going anywhere far. In that aspect grass-grazers were pretty predictable. Doing her share of border patrols was also part of her duties, therefore it didn't take long for her to arrive at the spot, where she had heard a summoning howl coming from.

She found it a bit odd that the stranger had addressed the lands as a person and not shown his desire to speak one of the leaders. But other than that, she was very curious of seeing, who it was and why. Their numbers had grown in the last weeks and it had taken a bit of challenge to get to know them all. Few strides later she caught sight of the wolf and slowed her step. "Greetings stranger, what is your business here?" she asked, coming to a halt some steps away from the wolf, and holding slightly dominant posture.