His eyes closed momentarily as he felt his new leader nudge against him. He looked sideways at him, memorizing his face. His tail twitched between his legs. He held himself low- submissive, but eagerly and happily so. This crisp mountain air filled his nostrils and he gazed longingly beyond the mountain range. Home. The thought resounded in him, filling him with joy and hope, like nothing before. “Right behind you, Alpha.“ Alpha, the word felt good on his tongue, no longer a being of fear, but one of trust and stability, of companionship. Every fiber of his being wanted him to follow Zalen, right then and there, but something stirred within him. His gaze drifted towards the direction from whence he came. He feared little for the leadership of the Court, but of his friends - Caspa and Terra he was not so certain. A strange and strained friendship he had with the dog and coy wolf, but he felt in his heart that he at least owed it to them to say goodbye. They were the very first canines he’d met in this strange new land, both having helped him in some way or another, but both Luperci and neither much of a wolf. It was a well known fact, and one that bothered him at times, but he was no longer a creature of hate and accepted their companionship, although he disapproved readily with their ways of life.
Still, the pull towards his new home was strong. So strong he took a few steps towards Zalen. His tail wagged openly at Zalen’s bark of joy and acceptance and he watched the black male’s form grow smaller and smaller on the horizon. A whine escaped him as he hunched again towards his new home, but instead turned his back and headed to the Court. His goodbyes would be short, and he would try to snip the ties of friendship that bound him. He was a wolf through and through, and would soon be creating stronger bonds with those of his own kind. He broke into a trot, and later a run, his shoulders slightly hunched, eyes mainly on the ground below him. A couple moments passed and he halted to turn his head a look back to gaze upon his new home and a new dawn.
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