Blacktail Deer Plateau i can't keep away from its clutch

Grayday inclined his head - he was doing much better these days. Getting more sleep, eating better meals, and spending more time with his family. The plateau had been treating them well.

"They're all healthy," Grayday replied, though he worried for Dauntless and Lavender, and their poor winter pelts. It had been a mistake to sire children on Khoe; she'd been sweet and pretty, but she was bad breeding stock. His children would likely suffer in the winter for the rest of their lives. "Khoe abandoned them," he went on, hoping the words weren't colored one way or another. He had a firm opinion on the topic, but that was his business. "But more have joined - good wolves - and my son came back to us. I couldn't ask for more."