Blacktail Deer Plateau Making a Home

They had done a great job at excovating out Pema's den, but she could see that Dauntless was getting tired. Seeing the color change of the light as it entered the den she looked out to see that the sun was setting. The den was nearly done, Pema would just need to do a few touch ups here and there later to make sure everything smoothed out nicely. 

Then Dauntless spoke, the first time she had ever heard his sweet voice. When she had checked the time outside she hadn't seen Grayday around. She wondered how often his duties to the pack kept him away from the pups. She didn't blame him, it was his job, but she was happy to be there for the pups when he wasn't able to be around. "Sure we can sweety. You can come over whenever you like." she told him, nuzzling the fur on the top of his head.

She brushed the remaining loose dirt out of the den to make room for them to lie down. Curling herself up in a corner of the den, she invited Dauntless to snuggle at her side.