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Whatever the dream was, he would forget it almost instantly when he suddenly went from the dream state to fully awake. He would not have time to lay there among his children long enough to wonder what woke him up because with the second "Dad" from Honrin that came down the hall and into the room had him up and heading out the door before his thought processes had even caught up. Then he wondered how he managed to extricate himself from the other three pups and be off the bed without dumping any of them as he rushed down the hall.
As Temo came into the living room he spied Honrin at the french doors and his stride made short work of the distance across the room. He could see that Honrin was ok but could hear something going on outsed, What is wrong? Temo asked as he got to the doors and looked out, a puzzled look on his face as he wondered what was wrong with the filly.
As he opened the door and started across the deck, his eyes scanned the area looking for something that he was not sure of what he was looking for. Then his gaze focused onto a lump of color being covered up by the snow. Even though he could not identify it, his heart sank because he had a feeling who it was.
With the speed and grace of a wolf on a hunt, Temo was off the porch and by her side in the snow. The worry and concern grew with each passing moment and reflected in his drooped tail and drooped ears. Temo knelt down next to Jace and gently pulled her from the snow and held her up to his chest. He held his breath while he watched for any sign of life from her. When he saw her breath condense into a small cloud of fog as she exhaled, he breathed a sigh of relief.
His sigh was short lived as seeing her breath galvanized him into a flurry of activity. With speed and strength that even surprised him, he stood up and picked her up and carried her into the house. As he set Jace on the floor in front of the fireplace, he barked out orders to the pups, Go get all the towels and blankets you can find in the bedrooms and bring them here. He pushed the door shut and put some more wood onto the fire and blew on the coals until the wood ignited and flames popped into existence. He quickly ransacked the kitchen for towels and started drying off Jace's fur being careful not to move her to much so as not to cause to much damage to her tissues if she had frostbite and he had the pups help him dry Jace off with the towels that they found.
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