Light the Night

The last few days' strain and the current trek were taking their toll on the golden wolf as she followed behind Tuwawi and Njal... her new Alpha pair. That was going to take some getting used to. She admired the pups' fortitude, for she hadn't expected them to make such a hard pace. At their age, she did not know that she would have been able to travel such a ways and still remain standing at the end. She had half expected to end up carrying them at least part of the journey. Her injury had held up well, however, and physically she was not in too bad of shape despite her recent stretch of recovering inactivity. It was mental weariness that dragged her down now.

She looked about as they slowed, assuming that this was it. The place was beautiful, especially painted with the light of a fading sun. Tuwawi confirmed her suspicions only a few moments later. The glacier in the distance was a beacon in the rays, the icy expanse not something Danica had encountered before. The sight was strange but stunning.

This was to be home now. Her feelings were mixed... she was not happy with how events had played out but did share a sort of joy, for she could imagine how much this meant to her new leaders. A home wasn't in the setting, after all, but in those who you shared it with. And while most here were strangers whom she had never met, it had been much the same with Swiftcurrent. In time she would come to love it, she was sure, but for now, the sorrow of parting had not quite faded.

This did not diminish her call, though, as she joined her voice with those of her new packmates in the claim to the land. As she did, a flicker of pride ran through her. If she was to live here, then she would make sure that this pack thrived, putting as much as she was able into it.