when you wake up on your own.

Summer didn't get very far before he heard his name being called out somewhere behind him. He jumped in surprise and spun around to watch Jace approaching. Immediately, he felt the hot sting of guilt wash over him. Jace was not going to be pleased that he was leaving the territory on his own and probably even more so because he was following the scent of a mountain lion. The boy swallowed hard the knot in his throat, lowering his gaze and his posture submissively as the beta came to him.

"Hi Jace," Summer started, lifting his gaze to peer seriously at the older man's face, "Did you catch the scent? There's been a mountain lion near here." He felt foolish even as he said it, but there was nothing for it he supposed.

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