Stone Circle you can't go home again

"Buck up, buttercup," Murdock said bracingly, setting down the haunch he'd carried to lick a dribble of blood off the younger wolf's muzzle - any only succeeding in further reddening his fur, since his muzzle was as bloody as Shale's.

With that, Murdock tipped back his muzzle and howled for @Valette, not wanting to bring Shale any further without the woman's approval.