Swiftcurrent Creek Tooth and claw

Arric was good at filling the children's days with activities. Most nights, the dark trio would fall into dreams and sleep heavily until they were woken. This was a benefit to playing hard. In addition to these restful nights, Nicodem had found that his young body had already started to grow. He was more gangly than he had been. His fur stood at odd directions upon his shoulders. It would not be long before Arric could take them all hunting for prey that ran instead of swam.

Fishing would be good. Fishing would cool their bodies and would give them a fine feast. Nico had grown attached to the waters and the prey that swam within it.

The dark young wolf waved his tail and waited for Arric to lead them.