Sun Mote Copse Whiskey lullaby

this is dated for the 26th, I want to give everyone some time to reply <3 so no rush.  I'll post round two once 5/6 have jumped in or once the actual date hits

Wildfire was dead.  The news had gone out, and while Colt was shaken, he was also pragmatic.  He'd be a father soon.... he needed to be.

He wanted to give Eljay and his sister the chance to grieve, because while he had known Wildfire as a friend, he knew it ran deeper than he could know for them.  Watching the love of his life waste away from a disease he could not stop was an experience he had acute experience with, and he'd let @Eljay know he was here if his nephew needed him.  As a healer, the pain had to be trifold.

But the pack was unbalanced.  Kiwi was gone and, in Colt's estimation, too unstable to lead anyway.  Eljay he would support, but he couldn't see him wanting it.  Finley and Elwood had displayed a clear preference to remain on the sidelines.

So he knew what he had to do, and what he wanted @Niamh to do as well.  His children had just been born (holy shit timelines) but once she had recovered, he hoped she would stand beside him should the pack agree to his lead.

Colt let out a howl to gather the pack, hoping they would come.