Stavanger Bay Beyond the Water

"since the beginning," velen answered. "ford is my brother." and this was their claim, he breathed to himself, staring out across the great, proud expanse of water that marked his clan's birthright. "i'm velen," he continued. "have you ever been swimming in the ocean, howl?"
without waiting for an answer, velen padded down across the wave-licked sand into the icy shallows. their cold lash had ceased to bother him, by all rights — he was a wolf bred of the sea, born into it. "come on," he invited howl, a grin dancing on his features.