The creamy white female had decided to take her pups out of the pack for the first time. The three rambunctious young coywolves darted around her paws, now being able to walk and have limited speech capabilities. She looked at them fondly as they walked through the Ethereal Eclipse together, the forest full of musky, foresty smells and the air full of birds' calls as they sang out to each other in the darkness.
This was all her pups had known - deep forests and trees, as the Cercatori d'Arte territory wasn't much different from the Ethereal Eclipse's atmosphere. They didn't seem to mind, however, as they chased each other around and giggled high pitched laughter. At seven weeks, they were a handful, and Skye watched them with overwhelming pride. She was so happy for her little ones, so glad that they came into the world safely and were the first pups to grow in Cercatori d'Arte... her pack.
The pups' mother sat on the earth and leaned against a tree trunk, looking at her pups. She closed her eyes for a moment - she was quite tired, and she could detect where her pups were by listening with her ears and scenting with her nose. Leading the pack was hard work; members came, but they didn't last long. Only a few were truly loyal to the pack, it seemed, and those that were - Slade, Bangle, Sky, Tal - those that were were like family to her. As she thought, she felt her pups wander towards her and snuggle up to her. She wrapped them in her arms securely and lovingly, and slowly drifted to sleep.
But while the female and her pups slept, she hadn't realized before that only two of her pups slept with her - Nathaniel, the one that looked like Bangle, the one that was the most mischievous of all, had seen his siblings and mother sleeping and wandered off deeper into Ethereal Eclipse, exploring.
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