Swiftcurrent Creek rubies

reverie was sleepless. she said names aloud. she ran away from him at all hours. she was avoidant and wept often.
despite the fact that he loved her dearly, lestan was beginning to feel the toll. he knew that reverie had been speaking with others, and so when she was in the company of another packmate he started to catch up with the work of patrolling and hunting, digging caches, wandering.
his trudging brought him to the den @Jakoul had excavated, and he stood silent, not wondering if he should address her or not.