Redtail Rise while the future is fast coming for you, it always flinches first

ancelin crept closer in apology. "no, dad. we hunted together. he —" and then his brow furrowed. he whirled to look east. "he said someone that way had offered him to come live with their pack."
the boy swallowed. "then we hunted. and then he was just g-gone." it had been a good day and then atreus had disappeared. but now hope, no matter how desperate, flooded his spirit.
"so we go that way?" he asked aventus, his voice fighting not to break. "'cause, maybe he is just lost. uhum, when auntie called for all of us, she didn't call for him." he fidgeted, nervous under the allusion he had made.