Great Bear Wilderness at the edge of the future

Thanks to school and work murdering me, this has gotten kinda dusty. Want to fade it out? WE CAN HAS ANOTHER SOON YES.

"I hear you there," Verrine replied in agreement with Mordecai's comments about preparing for winter. The leaves were dropping fast this year; winter would come quickly and would not be gentle about it, either. "Every year it seems like summers get shorter and winters get longer. Or maybe I'm just getting old, who knows." He grinned at his brother and shrugged. It was sad to hear that the Spine's Alpha had died, but that was the natural way of things. Mordecai didn't seem too concerned about it, at least as far as Verrine could tell, so he suspected the pack would be fine. At least the death of their leader had occurred in the summertime, when weather was mild and prey was abundant. Such a loss in the middle of winter might have been catastrophic.