SSWM - 460
The female walked the orchard. To many it was place that looked desolate and even dead in winter’s hold. Anu saw the deeper living creatures that slept beneath the thick covering of snow. It had settled on the limbs of the hibernating beasts, and she sought the quiet that they ensued. Slow steps brought her down the neat row of gnarled branches. She believed they would leaf once the thaw hit, and then flower before fruiting in the early fall. It was a time Anu always looked forward to. And as the cold settled deep in her bones, it pushed her to wish for those times even more eagerly. Her fingers reached out to touch once of the rare brown leaves that had not fallen in the past season. It was dried, and with her gentle touch Anu could not pluck it from its root. It was then that her ears turned towards the Manor, a call filtered through the air and Anu left the leaf, and branch and the collection of trees for the female that spoke to her and the Crimson Dreams.
Anu was not surprised that Savina called for them, and had been expecting it. She had lingered in the pack lands ever since their conversation, waiting for this very meeting. It was important that they all know the things that were happening, and Anu had trusted that Savina would go out and seek the information that she had been unable to give those night before. The tawny female had wished to remain at the mansion, staying close to those she held dear. She had already been gone too often in the winter months, and there was a reconnection that she hoped to make with the once Dahlian that shared her room.
Quickly she moved to the mansion’s door and opened it and felt the warmth of a near by fire. She traveled the halls and found the small gathering. In the doorway she meet her daughter, the brown wolfess held a rag in one hand and a bush in another. Anu gave a smile to the quiet Church woman, briefly touched her arm and letting her enter first. Blue eyes watched as the she-wolf took a seat on the couch, alone and away from the two other females that had gathered. With a curl of her fingers the brush was settled in her mane and the rag on her lap.
Eyes scanned to see the Chance female, and Anu gave her a small smile as well. It was then that she walked towards her Commander. She settled beside Savina, taking in the warmth of the fire that raged behind them. As she began to thaw beside the fireplace Anu sat in her usual calm supportive presence.