Blacktail Deer Plateau The show must go on [pack meeting]

There was a heaviness in the air as Dante concluded his presentation, one Valtýr had trouble comprehending. The other wolves were silent in response... perhaps acquiescent to their leader's law. Val couldn't know their sentiments, unaware of the Plateau's history, and so he merely gazed at the grey male with a blank expression.

When the others began to depart the bony pup stirred, and followed them down the pack's well-worn trails.