Stone Circle Renegade

He was a little burned out on hunting, honestly. A little burned out on border marking. On Amber. On life. A part of him knew it was just the stress, the lack of sleep, but despair was a sneaky, lying thing. This will never end, it whispered, and things will never be the same. And though he'd gotten through it before, there were times when the bitterness seemed to well up without warning.

Looking at Addie, though... well, things seemed just a little bit lighter.

"Ever played snow bear?" he asked, tail wagging as he remembered his favorite childhood game. Some of his best memories were of playing with his brother and sister in the snow - maybe he could give Adeline something like that for her first winter.