Stone Circle These aren't my people

A frown pulls on his dark brown muzzle, part of him wants so badly to walk across the borders and back into Easthollow with her. ‘Is this really the right choice?’ It’s selfish of him, undeniably so, that he wants both, but he cannot have them both. He has a responsibility now to his group, and while he once did to Easthollow, too… they don’t need him like his wolves do.

“It’s probably better… if I don’t.” Evergreen shifts his weight nervously, ears flattening to their sides. Guilt wears on his expression, along with a sorrow that couldn’t be mistaken for anything else. “I’m… not gonna stay in Easthollow. I came back to…” “Say goodbye”? That didn’t sound right, because no matter what, he wants Ira to stay in his life. He wants the Easthollow family to remain important.

“Uhm, one after another, we banded together,” he whispers softly. “I can’t leave them. They… look to me like a leader, Ira. And without Thistle here… Easthollow hasn’t… felt the same.”