Stone Circle Come visit your new siblings

Steph, sensing that her mother needed distance from the other wolves in the pack, hadn't visited her mother since the birth of her nieces and nephews. She had passed by the den to drop off food, but she herself was nothing more than a fleeting figure. 

She was pleasantly surprised when the howl for she and her siblings finally rang out from their mother. Her tail wagged as she abandoned her trail of potential prey in lieu of meeting the newest members of Easthollow. When the den entrance came into view, her ears folded on her lowering head. She looked around, expecting Valette to be outside, but when Steph didn't see her, she assumed she must have been inside. She lowered herself to the ground as she peered inside, allowing her eyes a few moments to adjust to the darkness inside. 

She could make out the form of Valette, and the tiny bodies in the den next to her. Steph's tail thumped the ground audibly. Hey, Mom, she greeted softly. How are you? How are they? she asked. She assumed all was well, as she hoped she would have heard before now if anything was amiss.