Broken Boulder used to know

Had it been anyone else, Ulf surely would have given them a defensive greeting of teeth but it wasn't anyone else. It was Alarian. The wolfdog wasn't sure how to greet him and the unease that once sat in his stomach seemed to spread to his chest. He made sure to hide his face with his paws in hopes it would keep the kind gold-kissed male from seeing the wrong.

At that moment, the canine only wanted to burrow into the earth like some kind of mole and hide in order to shield the wolves of the Sanctuary from him.