Dawnlark Plains It's not what happens to you, but how you respond to it that matters.

Aviana stepped back into Morningside, looking a little dejected. The most amazing thing had happened to her, and in two months time, there was the possibility that she could be a mother for the first time. But, she had also found out that Sebastian's pack had left their territory, and he brother was nowhere to be found. She couldn't shake the feeling that he was gone.

She walked slowly to the spot where she and Shale had almost started to dig her den. The scratch marks were still there where she had made the first indentions into the ground. She was in no mood to dig, and instead plopped down on the spot, laying her head on her outstretched legs. Her gaze looked out onto the plains, but her mind was a million miles away.