Qeya River flint pond

I've created a split-off thread here for Anselm and Ezra!

The marauders had returned from their coastal raid with Sun Eater's boy in tow. Gideon raced to the gathering the moment the call sounded, slowed only by the shock of wintry air and drifting snowflakes burning his lungs with each gasped breath. It had been long and lonesome without Anselm at his back.

Sun Eater's son received only a cursory glance as Gideon arrived amidst the milling wolves and cast about for his father. After his encounter with a haughty Darrow, he was hardly confident about meeting another youth. No, he was here for Anselm and to grow strong beneath Sun Eater's tutelage so that he might one day return to Rivenwood. Any attempt at friendship came secondary to that.

He found Anselm near the back and would have crashed into his father's chest if not for the flash of red and platinum fur between them. Gideon faltered for half a second before barking a disbelieving sound and charging through the crowd with his tails flying in every direction. EZRA!!!

He caught his brother up in a wolfish embrace, his shrill whines piercing the air between them. You're here! he said in a voice that hitched and caught somewhere between a laugh and a sob.