Silver Creek Part Three: Fish Breath

tagging @Rowan Mayfair for visibility; gonna say Casmir is w Cortland since he is a trusted pack member

mona was the more shy of the two -- no matter how much cortland begged, demanded, and coaxed, she preferred to stay close to their mother and not stray. cortland, on the other hand, ran rowan into the ground with his constant flights away to find interesting things, and today was no different. there was a new wolf around -- new to cortland, anyway -- and his name was rather difficult to pronounce, even for a boy who was swiftly outgrowing toddler babble.

today cas had taken him out, and the hobbit was not going to question why. he frisked alongside the long legs of the beta male, sniffing here and there, and describing everything he saw in his piping voice. the glittering stream snared the boy's interest, and beside it, another strange wolf. beside him, cas called to the woman and cortland hung back to stare at her.