Stone Circle don't break character

Valette stiffened in mid-trot when a howl sounded through their territory. The female lifted her head wondering if she hadn't imagined it. The howl sounded like Ezekiel, but he was dead. Valette was certain of that. The alpha female then caught the following howl of their newest member. So there had been someone at the borders.

The woman made her way over to the border as quickly as she could. Her dark tail held up high as she approached. There her hazel eyes fell upon a gray body and two of the pack's females. Valette broke down her trot into a walk and slowly approached the passed out male. Her eyes intently on him as her nose tried to take him his scent.

It was him. Ezekiel. Anger filled her body. Where had he been? She had been looking for him for months! It was quite rare to see a glare on the friendly female's face. Valette grew bitter, reminded once again how someone left her. Slowly her glare became a more stoic look. She just watched how Krypton tried to revive the male, or at least get him to gain consciousness.

Valette wondered what Steady was going to think of his arrival. Their former Beta. Krypton had been their former Beta too, they had accepted her back in the pack. Yet, her relationship with Ezekiel had been more personal. If he hadn't left then she wouldn't have been mated to Steady. She was certain that her mateship would be with they gray male before her. A hard reality.

A brief tug of war started. Steady or Ezekiel. Her choice was made quickly. Steady. She was loyal to him and wanted to carry his young. She loved the dark male. Ezekiel was from another time. She was a young adult, merely having a crush. She reasoned that with Ezekiel it hadn't been love. Steady was real and Steady would never leave her. Ezekiel, on the other hand, didn't keep his promises whatever reason he had for leaving. Valette had been abandoned too many times.