Verdant Basin Partners In Crime

Aspen woke to the sound of Alder's voice speaking to the children explaining they were either to follow their father or stay with the kids. Aspen was curious where Alder could be off too and perhaps this might be a good time to talk to him. 

She watched as he left as she began to nudge the pups closer to the wall. "Stay here," she stated. "I wish to talk to your father alone," she said emphasising the last word so as to make sure they understood. There would be consequences if they did not obey.

The silver queen trotted out of the tunnels  and stretched into the sunlight the sun warming her growing winter coat. Soon winter would be upon the land full force and fortunately the pups would be on meat soon so she could start hunting for the pack once again. 

She trailed into the forest following Alder's scent until voices could be heard. She watched as the two wolves, Alder, and another wolf interacted with each other. It seems the two knew each other though Aspen knew not how. She grew concerned but came to no immediate conclusions as to this wolf's purpose with Alder. In fact at first she seemed terrified but realxed as she realized who it was.

Aspen's ears twitched as the female exclaimed Alder's old name meaning they knew each other from before. Aspen took a moment to think, it had to be a wolf he knew before Larksong since the queen needn't recognize the female. But the only name that rolled into Aspen's mind was Emory. 

Aspen refused however to eavesdrop further waiting for the reunion to die down a bit before padding up to her mates side brushing into her flank as she did so, dipping her head in a small greeting to the apparent non threat. The queen did however remain silent of any judgement or comments for now.

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