Stone Circle When the party is over

The sounds continued outside, and so did his trembling; it only lessened with Valette's soothing words and lick to the top of his head. He snuggled impossibly closer, another whimper escaping his lips as she continued to speak words he didn't understand. He could understand the way they made him feel, though, and he tried to let the soothing sound wash over him and ease his fear and confusion but it was hard to let it go in the moment. 

Things grew quiet outside, but Kallik barely registered it; he was too lost in his fear and too overwhelmed by everything to be able to pick up anymore about his surroundings. That was until papa's voice came from the den entrance. It was what he had unknowingly needed the whole time but now that he was here, Kallik's limbs became unfrozen and he pushed himself up from the ground and toddled forward. 

He pressed himself into the fur of his father's chest the second he was close enough to do so. He wanted to bury himself in that spot until everything he was feeling melted away. It wouldn't be so easy, he would learn soon, but it did help some. He whimpered against the fur that now enveloped him and then slumped back to the ground.