Sleepy Fox Hollow Verbindung

Something felt strange about him. Emmerich stayed wary, only because he feared that if he drew too close to the stranger, he might risk harm to himself. Then the creeping feeling that he was letting a trespasser stand in their home tickled at his back. The fur along his neck spiked. He was still too young to understand these things. He and his father had killed the coyote that had trespassed in their home… but was Emmerich expected to kill another wolf?

The white-hooded pup swallowed at a lump in his throat.

Dusty, you’re gonna get in trouble if you don’t smell claimed land, Emmerich said to him. He watched the bushiness of Dusty’s tail wave. He saw the yearning in the man’s eyes for a sense of companionship. The boy was simply afraid that softening his stance would mean their home was weak. He could not be at fault for that.

Let’s go outside of the hollow and maybe we can talk, the white-hooded child offered, motioning back toward the border.