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Word Count: +3 ● FOR MY WOMAN. Foredated to 14 June
The incident with the bear had given Larkspur the reason he needed to fall into line, so to speak, and he had done so with ease. By splitting his ranked duties with the two other males, he was able to focus on his side projects. With the help of the quiet coyote, he had finished the fence well enough. Building a barn was a much slower process, but he had gotten a good amount of this done on his own already. Most of what remained was dealing with the roof, something he had to stall on while the summer storms rolled in and forced work to grind to a halt.
Today was no different, for the morning had been a torrent of rain and thunder that had passed after about an hour. Larkspur had slept through most of this, waking only when Salvia announced very loudly that she was taking Rowan and Axi to go play with her. Grateful that the two women had filled in as female-playmates in the absence of Wretch, Larkspur had gone back to sleep and only woken when his bladder filled to an uncomfortable level.
After relieving himself, he had set out on his regular patrols. He had been spending more time in his lupus form, sensing that his mare was remarkably close to giving birth. In truth, he aimed to finish the barn before this occurred. It wouldn’t be long, of course, but he would need another pair of hands to aid him. Maybe Tlanti’s cranky brother would do, provided he kept his mouth shut and focused on the task. A chuckle escaped the dark wolf as he trotted onward, heading north.
He reached the coast without any problem, and the gravely sand was well met by paws whose pads had been hardened to leather by their familiarity with the terrain. It was mid-afternoon and the remains of the storm were sweeping east, though clouds still lingered over the coastline and kept it gray.
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