Morningside Cuesta the british are coming! (they might be a while)

Grayday charged through the territory, anxious and afraid of what he might find when he reached the densite. @Krypton had agreed to return with him to see Akuti, but he wondered, now, if it would be too little, too late. What if I've missed their birth? he thought to himself. And then, more darkly: And, what if I've missed their whole life?

But he didn't even have time to brace himself for the possibility of dead pups before he heard his mate's sweet song. Tension easing, he following the sound to the lavender patch, where a pretty smudge of black lingered among the blooms.

How are you? he wanted to ask, but it seemed wrong to interrupt. Instead, he hovered nearby, in sight and in easy reach of the woman.