Stone Circle Come and meet the babies

The call woke Murdock from an uneasy slumber at his camp on the borders. It took him several long moments to stir to wakefulness and realize that the howl had not been one of pain or terror from his own tired nightmares, but one of summoning from within the borders.

Murdock hadn't met the alpha, yet. Her seclusion within the inner territory and his own self-appointed duties as sentinel had kept them well apart - and he thought, perhaps, the shewolf was seeking to remedy that now that her babes were a little bit older, and she had a little more time to herself.

I should've known that a thread title like that would lead to something like this, the male thought rather sourly, stopping short of approaching the dark woman when he saw the tiny creatures around her. Naturally disinclined to approach a mother and her cubs, Murdock settled in the grasses a couple hundred yards away, unwilling to ignore the call completely, but equally repelled by the idea of getting any closer.