I hope you still wanted to have a thread. I’m SO SORRY it took this long. >_____> For pearrrrl! Set on the northern part of the pack’s claimed coastland.
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Little Eli wasn’t so little anymore. He must have gone through some major growth spurt because the pup felt surer on his feet and had gotten larger. His feet and head were still disproportionately larger than the rest of his body; surely he would look like a pup for much longer yet. The pair had gotten quite close; Ezra still kept a close eye on his son despite his rapid growth. There were still scary things that could hurt the boy and Ezra didn’t want anything that went bump in the night to scare the only thing left he had left in his life.
Everything had fallen apart. Ever was gone, he was sure of it. The realization hit him like a spray of bullets every time he found himself thinking about her. He missed her compassion, her love, her everything. There was quite a large, gaping hole in his chest that made it difficult to breathe. He still couldn’t understand why she left in the first place. She had given a beautiful, innocent child life and even though only one pup survived Eli shouldn’t have been blamed for his sibling’s death. The child was truly a ray of light in Ezra’s life; without him, he would be in a much darker, dangerous place. He didn’t dare think about what life would be like if he was truly alone.
Together, the pair was going nowhere in particular today. Eli had taken to his father’s habit of running, which the Major was pleased with. The duo set off and followed the beach from their bungalow directly north. Ezra tended to head west most times, but he wanted to show his son somewhere new today. The north was an unexplored territory and the two males were determined to conquer it. Ezra urged his son on with a game of tag, laughing as the pup attempted to keep up, sand flying behind them.
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