Stone Circle One more body to bury

Valette's mouth opened when West recognized the body as Clay's first. She blinked and then shook her head. No this wasn't Clay, this couldn't be! The mother let out a gasp and moved to the body. She nosed over him. She could barely recognize him. It was that Greyback and West believed that it was Clay but she was almost as eager to believe that this was not Clay. Valette's heart ached though. Especially when Arlette spoke of some wolf eating him. She shivered.

She touched the body with her nose and could instantly tell that he was dead for a few days. At least he had been here close to home for Arlette to find him. Valette hadn't noticed Polaris either who had been in the background. She just stared at the body that was suppose to be her son. She shook her head, unable to believe it. She silently nodded to Merrit when he said that he should be buried by the stones. In that moment, she realized she hardly knew her son. Who he was as a person besides angry and insecure at the same time. That was when the tears started.

From the corner of her eye she saw Arlette leave. Valette frowned. "Arlette come back!," she called out but it ran dead because the pale female had left. Her hazel eyes looked confused at Merrit. Did Arlette hate her so much that she had to give her another kick after by not even be bothered to bury her brother?! She looked with teared eyes at Greyback. This was the third of their litter they lost, and unknowingly there was a fourth missing as well. "Oh Greyback, our pups. Why?," she sniffed.