Ocean's Breath Plateau Black

Heph arrived late. She arrived after a loud howl pierced out. If she had been closer, if she had been faster. She had dropped the burden of her hunt at the borders and not looked back, and she had arrived too late. The pups already bundled away and she saw a body that she could already tell, sharp ears she had honed to keep her out of trouble telling her that the heartbeat was already gone, the still sides, and glassy eyes. "No." It was a whisper. "no.no.no.no.no.no.no." It was a refrain.

Her gaze found Rodyn and the two small forms so fragile. And she offered a half hug, half for herself to reassure her that she had not lost them both in one fell swoop. "I'll stay with Moontide." Her voice broke over the words, each one a struggle.