Redtail Rise I

augur bit lightly at the boy's dark ruff and then leapt away, letting the other up from the snow. the great wolf danced a few feet away, falling into another playbow. 

he knew his strength but understood it was not be used against his new packmates. the other's willingness to romp with him had established ashlar as third and augur as fourth. but he did not seek to challenge.

rather augur accepted this as a fact of his own standing. he waited for blacktail to come closer, snapping delightedly at the cold air.