Rising Sun Valley don't wait for me

Completely spent for the day, Charon didn't realise he wasn't alone. With closed eyes, he told himself he needed to get up and find some sort of shelter, a den, a cave, a crevice somewhere... Someplace where he wouldn't be out in the open like he was. Especially after what Scarlett had said about the other Duskfire wolves, and how they would rip him apart if they found him. He wasn't scared, of course, but not exactly in fighting shape right now, and he might not wake up in time if any were to approach and try to kill him in his sleep.

Charon pretended that Drake was by his side, even though he knew that Drake wasn't really real. He needed to feel like he wasn't alone right now. "Come a little closer, Drake," Charon whispered to his imaginary friend while he shuffled his paws a little closer to himself. He shivered, feeling cold suddenly because his dirty, unkempt fur did not keep him as warm as it did when cleaned regularly, especially in his current exhausted state.

He didn't even realise that another creature approached.