Stone Circle you can't go home again

set after this thread

Soon after they had divided up as much as they could carry and thoroughly buried the rest, to access later, Shale followed @Murdock south to his pack's territory, crossing through little glens and meadows on the way. In the distance appeared a circle of stones, the organized nature of which stood out to him as odd against the wilderness. He wondered briefly how it had come to be, but perhaps Murdock could tell him.

He lay down the leg he had been carrying and looked to his brother, waiting for him to make the call. . .or just stride right in. Shale still didn't know whether he led this pack or was merely a member, as they had all been up in Sameth. Come to think of it. . .he wondered if Grayday led a pack of his own. He had been, after all, the strongest of the litter, and the heir apparent to their family's land up north.

Shale had reservations about getting close to any of these wolves here. He had no idea whether he was just passing through, looking for family, or if he would stay. The winter would not dissuade him from continuing south; he thrived on the cold and snow. And he knew just how painful forging bonds with others could become.