Northstar Vale eclipse

Warbone's tail had lifted, a jolly roger waving, as Tryphon agreed to accompany him. His mood had changed now that he felt relieved of his greatest burden: the worry that Saena's continued jaunts away from the pack jeopardized her in ways he could not shield her from himself. And even if it meant losing an additional body each time she left, to him it was far better than the alternative, which was to see her go alone and always be unsure. At least with the mountain wolf, raised by the sea, tailing her unseen, there was a chance to save her from her own stubbornness.

He leaned forward to place a fond nibble behind the young man's ear, but regardless of whether or not the affection was met fondly or allowed at all, the copper wolf turned to rather happily lead them on a journey north. "Sheep or swine?" the trotting wolf asked of the company at his shoulder.