Moonspear [m] Stolen Light

I'm looking forward to this too! I just love this guy! <3

In his garden, she would find him. And how very appropriate it was, to find a healer in their element. Surrounded by the earth and herbs they so loved. It was not the scent of freshly churned soil or his herbal tinted aroma that guided her to the black wolf. But his voice. His singing.

She had heard his songs from near and far countless times, just as many others had. Even Acrux and Maggak had the pleasure of hearing him sing. Alaric never fell short in providing delightful entertainment. But he wasn't just a singer and a weaver of stories.

As Elentari happened on him, approaching on silent paws from behind, she reclined on her haunches a few feet away. Watching, entrapped, while he sung, dug and wiggled. She saw an amazing healer. One of the most loyal wolves of the mountain. A friend who always seemed to be there at just the right time. A wolf who had been more of a constant in the lives of Maggak and Acrux than Argent ever had.

Acrux's biological father had been away for months on end, fulfilling his bride price. Up until the end. She and her son never had developed a truly established relationship with him, if she had to think back.

But Alaric...

He was always there.

Suddenly, the star wolf didn't feel so guilty as she had in the past. Before she had known Argent would leave them. Now it was but a dim flicker as she approached the site where Alaric was digging, standing on the opposite side, facing him. Kneeling down in a play bow pose with her rump hiked in the air, she pawed at the cold soil. But her eyes were rapt on him. A slight smile at her dark lips. She waited until the end of his first verse and then joined in, adding her own touch. A short little howl of a note, punctuating the end.