Blacktail Deer Plateau turn it up

Junior, titled Warrior and aspiring Outrider, kept so busy lately that all the adults' goings-on—save for Uncle Atticus's accident—had gone right over her head. When she wasn't occupied with exploring and seeking out wolves in need of a courier, she tended to stalk down her siblings, preferring to spend her free time with her peers rather than the adults. Today, she tracked Saēna, all the while reflecting on their recent adventure in the tunnel. She sort of wanted to go back and decided she would ask Saēna if she was interested in round two.

When she finally stumbled across her young sister, Osprey discovered that she wasn't alone. Her father's new mate—well, one of them, the female—was rolling around on her back and Saēna was standing off to the side looking like she didn't really want to be there. Osprey Jr. sidled onto the scene, bumping her nose against Saēna's pale shoulder and then blinking across at the evidently itchy Beta female.

"Is it a game?" she wondered aloud sotto voce, more to Saēna than to Fox, giving the fiery she-wolf a look that was partly incredulous and partly amused.