She'd been shadowing him since he'd left the house. Bris had no idea if her nephew knew she was keeping a watchful over him, as he'd shown no signs of the knowledge. The yearling was beginning to get used to her new responsibilities with her brother's children, but she was still learning. Giddy had managed to sneak out quite a few times without her knowledge, and the thought of something happening beyond her reach had scared her to death, especially after her little run-in with Kol's killer recently on the beach. Not needing the speed of her lupine form to keep up with the adventurous pup, Bris kept to the shadows of the larger trees in her optime form. The white woman figured she could better protect Giddy in her larger phase should anything unexpected happen.
The pup's journey was, for the most part, uneventful. The weather had steadily grown overcast with the threat of rain as he'd wandered, and Bris had made the decision that if it started to pour, she'd blow her cover and take her nephew home before he got drenched. It would seem, however, that the boy would make the decision to end his adventure for her. As the first drops of summer rain began to fall, the Stormbringer pup turned and began to head back in the direction of the house. Bris smiled to herself as she watched from her hiding place, then widened her eyes in silent surprise as the same scent that caught her nephew's attention reached her nose at the same moment. Giddy instantly took off in the direction of the new scent, and Bris' white form emerged from the trees to follow.
It didn't take the dark puppy long to find the owner of the strangely familiar scent. A pup looking to be Gideon's age lay cowering alone as the rain drizzled around him. The way Giddy was acting, Bris knew this could only be one of two possible pups: Ascher or Saul Stormbringer. The way he was curled up into himself implied the former, as Gideon had made known Ascher's timid nature. The assumption was confirmed as Bris' ocean-eyed nephew spoke up, and the woman smiled as she approached and knelt down beside Giddy, not wanting to frighten the scared brother any more than he already was. Bris' mismatched eyes sparkled happily as she placed a loving hand on Gideon's head, then turned her attention to his little lost sibling. "Ascher! We've been looking everywhere for you! Giddy was so worried about you, we all were." Knowing that the frightened boy would probably feel better if his brother took the lead, Bris stopped before introducing herself. She didn't want to overload the poor lost boy with too much all at once.
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