Ouroboros Spine wonzen

Shikoba said she would go fetch Kukutux before returning to her own brood, leaving Caracal and Heda alone with Aiolos for a spell. Caracal’s eyes had fixed on his wife again, though he tore them away to acknowledge the warrior’s words with a respectful dip of his head and a small wave. He would’ve said something, though Heda had it covered.

The Alpha male made himself comfortable and Caracal followed Heda’s example, settling down and giving the man his full attention. The mention of Hua’s family slowly fading away reminded him of a time when the same things had happened to the Redhawks at the caldera. He himself had been one of those to drift away…

Aiolos’s mention of three adults struggling to look after a large litter should’ve given Caracal pause, seeing as he and Heda were in a very similar situation. But for some reason—maybe because of his admittedly limited knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth—he was convinced Heda would have one, maybe two pups. It never even crossed his mind that she could have any more than that.

So Caracal’s mind stayed focused on the storyteller, lips pulling into a slight frown when he mentioned his eventual departure again. He supposed Aiolos’s loss was their win. And Aiolos struck Caracal as being very content here. But any wolf who’d had the fortune to spend any time on Wheeling Gull knew the island was a treasure, and to have lost it in any sense of the word was a terrible tragedy.