Swiftcurrent Creek a baby sleeps in all our bones [join]

The borders had gained the attention of enough lone wolves that Lethe felt satisfied – the Creek grew at a pace that revealed sustainability, and the tawny she-wolf was content with just this. After all, her ambitions had only ever been to serve her deities and expand her knowledge of herbs and medicine. To reign over a land of her own and be respected was never something she had anticipated, but something she did greatly welcome. Swiftcurrent Creek sheltered a random group of ragtag wolves, from the blood drenched Lecter to the tiny spitfire, Fox. Whether these components were mesh able or not had yet to be seen, but it was not something she could not handle.

Her trail along the borders only offered a moment or two for the regal to linger – her nose dipping to pick up the scent of a loner who had simply turned away, while another stolen moment would reveal a rabbit had made its home here. Still, she was not to be swayed by curiosity or hunger, and yet it came to her – in a form she had not expected.

Jinx’ fresh scent was upon the wind, and the golden lady of the Creek bristled instinctively. Lethe held the parents of the younger wolf to her heart, but that would not pass to their entitled daughter. Already she could envision the wrath she would meet now – it was likely Jinx had caught wind the shaman was within her ranks and had come to demand him – state her previous accusations that Lethe was unworthy.

She had simpered before, but the fire within her chest would not allow her to do so now. Sos and Atka remained silent to her still, and with distrust heavy on her heart, the graceful dove loped forward at a brisker pace, her bright ocean eyes scornfully cast out to seek her nemesis.

Jinx would be revealed to her, though not in a stance she had expected. The female was held low – her body gracing the earth, and by her side, a youth no more than three months. Moving forward, Lethe’s own tail lifted high like a banner – waving proudly behind her as her eyes regarded the previous Mambo with nothing but stoicism. “What do you seek here, Jinx Kesuk, when you have your own borders to attend to?” She was a good journey away from home, knocking on the door of the woman she had scorned only weeks before.