Stone Circle Start of something good

Adeline had conflicting emotions about the move. On the one hand, she wanted to get out and see what the world held off the mountain, but on the other, her parents were buried here. While Dad had assured her they could come visit whenever she wanted, he also cautioned that some other pack could claim the mountain, and then they wouldn't be able to come here anymore. She hadn't thought of that, but she was grateful that Dad did coddle her like he used to, and instead made her aware of the hard stuff, including Ezekiel's disappearance. He had been her best friend since early on, and while she missed him during his scouting mission, now that he was missing, it ran deeper. Her heart hurt with the thought that something could have happened to him.

The traveling itself was a little harder than she expected. She could tell Dad was keeping the pace slower than he might have if she weren't injured. She was grateful for that, for not long into the move, her shoulder began to ache, and then to scream its defiance of the continued movement. Grayday seemed to stay beside her, for which she was grateful. She extended her neck, attempting to nuzzle his neck briefly in a sort of thank you.

They reached the field, and a bunch of rocks set up in a formation. Adeline might have been impressed with them, had she not been exhausted. She let her body flow to the ground finally as the others howled their claim on the land. She was simply too tired to even join in. Her eyes flitted shut as she could no longer strain to keep them open. Surrounded by her family and feeling safe, she fell asleep.