Stone Circle c

Arlette grinned at her grandfather's words. She was clearly seeing Kove in a new spotlight, her eyes glinting with excitement. "I think so too," she nodded and smiled. "It is a wonderful home and she is in the heart of the territory," she chatted. After she moved to her mother, she felt the nerves bubble up. She watched her mother and bumped her with her nose to encourage her to accept her father. She wanted to get to know her grandfather.

She let out an audible sigh when her mother finally spoke. Her tail started to wag. She nodded in agreement with her mother. "Yes, Yes! Very important!!," she agreed with a grinned and almost jumped up and down. The girl eagerly moved forward. "Yes! Yes!," she beamed and glanced at her grandfather. She looked around what she could tell first. The young girl moved towards the circle and eagerly looked over her shoulder.

"This way!," she grinned. "So this is Easthollow. Our lands consist of open fields and birch forests. On the plains live our bison we try and hunt. And of course, in the heart of the territory, the stone circle. It was already here when Mom found the place as a ranger for her previous pack... or no wait! They were looking for a good location to move to," she corrected and smiled adoringly at her mother. "The stone circle is super important to us. It is where we bury the bodies of the wolves that passed. At first, I didn't understand but now I am older and wiser of course!"

They slowly reached the circle. Arlette had trouble not to run up the hill. "Oh oh! Here you see a path of small stones, see? We made it! Most of the stones have meaning, these little ones are a path that least to the most broken stone. It stands for all the wolves we lost, the stone of the lost souls, it is the only one that doesn't have bodies buried by it. It is to keep hope that wolves return, like wolves like my father," she stated with a nod as they approached. She then couldn't help but run a bit ahead, to the middle of the circle. "Grandpa, hurry!!"