Bearclaw Valley Should I sink or swim

The den felt empty. Almost as empty as his heart which felt hollow and hurt more than he'd experienced in quite a while. He had managed to chase off Lonzo, get back alive and reuinite with Onyx and ask her to be his mate. She had accepted and they shared words of love and promises but then...she'd vanished. It had been almost a week and a half since he had seen or smelled her, she hadn't been around the den. She had seemingly up and disappeared and here he was alone yet again.


The territory was filled with the scent of spring and even more exciting - Or heartbreaking- was the scent of pups.  The Quiet Girl had given birth and he had heard the squeals and whines when they had been introduced to the world. He was happy for the Alpha and the girl, but it made his heart ache even more.


Even so he wouldn't leave and head off somewhere. He had given his loyalty and he meant to stay this time. So through the pain he hunted and patrolled and learned to deal with one of the biggest issues remaining from Lonzo's attack: His eye. His eye was still damaged and though he could see shapes and colors with it it wasnt perfect. One good eye and one bad one mad things weird and somewhat difficult to manage but he could and so he did. Now he came back from the borders carrying a gopher he had caught waddling away from it's hole.