Stone Circle it's about time we had some fun

Day settled himself, lowering his hindquarters to the chilly ground. Where do I begin, he thought, wondering when he'd become so nervous. It was the kids, he knew, but it was more than that.

"We just moved here," he told her, looking around the territory. "We lived up on a Mountain for a long time - Addie was born there. Family died there." Not his family, but he'd felt the same sorrow at leaving as anyone else. "And along the way... we lost two of our own. Our beta, Ezekiel, and Steady's mate, Niita. No one knows what happened to them, but everyone thinks the worst. It's hard not to - they were both so dedicated to the pack."

It was still on his mind. He missed those two, even if he hadn't had much to do with Niita.

"And then we got here, and things seemed like they were okay - seemed good. But a woman named Eden - she came just before you - she showed up at the borders. We took her in and she turned around and..." Previously, the topic hadn't really bothered him. Day wasn't adverse to this sort of talk, but considering his own actions, he felt it best to leave the morality of that situation up to ambiguity. "Well, she disrespected Steady," he sighed, skipping over the tale of her heat and foray into the wilds. "And made herself an enemy of us. And then, right on the tail of that, Althaia was murdered on the borders - beheaded. One of her little ones was stolen right under our noses."

That hurt, too. Everything seemed painful, lately.

"I s'pose... we all just want to settle down again," he said quietly, forgetting Mirabelle for a moment. "We want our family back, but if we can't have that, we want to keep what we have as safe as we can."