My Ebony Flower

Jace could see the female Bindi now, lying under a tree resting. Seeing Bindi increased how nervous Jace was, at least she was asleep or at least looked like she was. Jace took a moment to quiet his inner turmoil and finally padded up next to Bindi and sat under the tree a moment.

Now that he was close he could make out details he hadn't noticed before. Her coat was like darkest night, if she had flecks of white in it, it would exactly like a star riddled night sky. There was a small scar on her muzzle from some past injury, possibly from a fight from prey or wolf Jace couldn't tell. In Jace's last pack rank was shown by staining the right forepaw, obviously this pack didn't have that tradition and so Jace couldn't tell what rank Bindi was. It didn't really matter anyway, Jace was the new wolf on the mountainside, he was below everyone. With a pang, Jace realized Bindi reminded him of his mother, physically.

Jace supposed he had better say something, "Hey there.". Jace hoped that he hadn't woken her