Haunted Wood that ending wasn’t worth the wait

If there was anyone to call his name, Famine was a welcomed one. Tail high and wagging he howled back to tell the child he'd be coming and hurried off, pissing on the borders along the way before turning inside the territory and making his way toward the cache. Seeing the child he first scanned him over, seeing the wounds from the lynx fight and feeling the stinging reminder of failing to remind him not to rush into a fight upon their first spar together. Hadn't he actually encouraged it to defend himself? "Famine, Alpha pup.. What can I do for you?" his tone was light and playful, announcing the child's title casually though the rise was only because Valium had gotten himself snatched away. The only thing he hoped was the boy wasn't getting himself into too much trouble, he still couldn't shake the image of the cute little boy proudly weilding his soggy pinecone.