Blacktail Deer Plateau Heart weighs a ton

The howl startled the rabbit Kesuk had been hunting. It sped off into the bushes as Kesuk pricked her ears at the sound, deep and lined with sorrow. Kesuk instantly recognized it as Peregrine's and worry filled her to the brim. Had something horrible happened? Had one of the wolves died? What if it was Koda? Her fear spiked immensely as she sprinted through the trees at a frightening speed.

She skidded to a stop a couple yards away from the group. She pressed forward until she was among them. Searching the crowd she only recognized Koda and Peregrine. She was still to new to know many others. She let out a sigh of relief that Koda was ok and stifled a laugh at the mud smeared all over him. That's when Peregrine started to speak.

Kesuk froze at his words. He was leaving. The only real home she had had in a long time was suddenly being ripped apart. Tears pinpricked her eyes as she turned away. She knew it was to good to be true, to surreal. One of the only people she knew and trusted was leaving. Maybe she should leave too. Go back to being a loner. Sure, it could get lonesome at times but there was no one to tell her what to do, she could make her own choices. But most of all, if she was a loner, no one could take any thing from her because she would have nothing for the taking.

Walking into the woods towards the mountains, her heart aching for someone to wake her up and tell her it was all just a dream, a nightmare. The further away she got, the more tears dripped down her face. She was on the far edge of the plateau, closer to the foot hills then the valley, when darkness started to fall. She searched around for a good place to sleep and she came across a shallow dip with brambles sheltering it from any weather that was unlikely to happen on a clear night like this. Settling down to sleep, she let out a sorrow filled howl into the star filled sky.