Blacktail Deer Plateau Making a Home

Dauntless followed her happily when she invited him to her side. He became suddenly hesitant as he started edging himself in next to her. In his young naivety, he had expected her to feel just like his mother Khoe. He was surprised to find, however, that her body felt much different against him. Her coat was much thicker than Dauntless's mothers, causing it to feel cool against the pups shorter fur. He shivered a little, but she was so nice and they had worked so hard on the den and he was so tired that he squeezed himself closer to her instead.

"My name is Dauntless," he said suddenly, without any preamble, into the silence. He felt himself relaxing as the heat from Pema's body slowly started to radiate toward his. He tilted his chin up and looked at the other wolf with wide brown eyes, expecting her to introduce herself in return.