Emberwood —an elixir for universal life.”

a bit of PP with @Lainie, lmk if it's not okay <3

He was curled around his daughter, letting the sounds of her breathing and the feel of her warmth against him sink into his anxious mind. They weren't asleep and yet seemed that neither of them had anything to say at that moment either. He had let his mind drift, which he regretted. That quiet moment between father and daughter that normally would soothe his soul only made him realize just how much he missed the rest of his family; they should be here too, huddled around him like they used to be on the cold nights at the creek—he shook his head, as if the motion could shake the thoughts from his mind. Ibis' howl drifted through the trees then, quickly joined by the voices of the other wolves who now called this forest home. The sound wrapped around his heart and lifted the weight of his grief just long enough for a sliver of hope to slip through. Maybe he could begin to heal here, helping Ibis grow into the leader that he was certain she could be. Healing was not easy by any means but being here with a new purpose, his daughter safe and surrounded by a pack again, he felt like maybe it was actually attainable. 

Kavik tilted his head towards the sky and added a long, deep howl of his own to the chorus sounding through their new home. Everything had been so dark and hopeless since the loss of his family, but this moment brought him out of the darkness just a little, enough to show him that maybe one day, things would be better.