Kintla Flatlands forever in shadows

Heehee, pardon the language here. Atti tends to revert to his old ways when caught off guard, lol!

Atticus was prepared for some smart-mouthed retort from the old wolf, but what he got was the last thing he could've ever expected. When the wolf mentioned "telling secrets to the shadows", Atticus's eyes grew as wide as goose-eggs. And when he added his name, as if it were an afterthought, the Beta nearly shit himself. Holy fucking turdballs! he screamed in his head, completely aghast with disbelief. It's Blue Willow's friggin' DAD!

She idolized her father. They had talked often, many times late into the night, and her dad almost always came into the conversation somehow. She was always telling him about some story he'd told her, or mentioning some wise quote he'd said to her, or otherwise referencing him somehow. Atticus had often thought that this would be a wolf he'd like to meet himself, and had voiced as much to Blue Willow a few times. Holy hell, how on earth had this guy ended up on Atticus's own freaking doorstep?!

"Holy balls! Wait!" he called after the old man, springing forward several steps as if to intercept him. "Sun Spark! I know you! I know who you're looking for!" Gone was the mistrust of moments before, the wary defensiveness and tense readiness to either fight or flee. No, as far as Atticus was concerned, this wolf was family.