It wasn’t until late morning that the black and white male made his way to the den. He’d managed to catch a pair of mice on his way back and they now hung by the tails from his muzzle, limp and lifeless. When he entered the den he made a beeline for his usual resting place, stopping first at a hollow nearby where the chocolate brown wolfess Blind usually rested. He dropped one of the rodents there with a wag of his tail, before turning and settling down into his own barren alcove. It was barren only due to the fact that he liked to dig it out from time to time, feeling the moss which usually littered the cavern was nothing more than a nuisance and made his sleeping place far hotter than he would have wanted. It proved even stuffier now with the other female so close, but he preferred to have her within his sight, intent to keep her close to him alone. He kept that fact hidden from her the day he pointed it out, suggesting that the spot would be warm and cozy for her, and that he would be near should she ever want for something, or someone. It wasn’t to say that he did not trust his brothers, but females had been rather scarce since the pack came to fruition and he did not want the presence of a wolfess of mating age to get them riled. The fact that nearly all the females of New Dawn were either too young to mate or already claimed did not help his feeling of selfishness. So he kept himself as close as possible, leaving her side only to see to his duties, or to the needs of his other packmates.
She was not there at the moment, but he shrugged it off, knowing she’d find the prize he’d kept for her along with his scent sooner or later. He took his own mouse into his paws and saw to devouring it in no more than two bites. The tiny bones gave way easily to his teeth and he crackled them for a moment before swallowing. He lay for a moment in silence before, more out of habit than actual weariness, his lids soon began to droop. Sleep came to him suddenly and his head thudded to his paws. The world seemed to fall away and visions of deer and elk fleeing before his and Blind’s paws enveloped his minds eye. In the waking world he’d soon tumbled to his side, paws dashing out from his body every once in a while. Were the brute awake he would have never been found to look so comical, but for some reason whenever he slept his body seemed to move along with what ever dream came to him.
Sometimes he would whine and wag his tail, other times he would find himself growling with paws flailing, and yet others his tongue would be flicking about as if he were having a long drink. He was oblivious to it all sometimes sleeping as heavily as a bear. He’d often wake up bleary eyed, but none the wiser. Today seemed to be no different and when the girl nudged his paw it merely twitched as if with an itch. The voice made him stir even more and his ears twitched then, but nothing more than a growl escaped his muzzle for the moments that followed.
The scent of the female soon drifted into his nostrils, and something awoke inside of him, a poking and prodding presence in his mind that seemed to be saying Ciara. It continued to plague him until his yellow eyes finally rolled open, only to be met with Ciara’s own brown pools. He blinked and shook his head, taking a while to adjust to his surroundings and pull himself into the waking world once again. He wet his lips before acknowledging the yearling, and even then his voice was husky from sleep. Ciara. He muttered. He was half a mind to roll to the opposite side and close his eyes again, but her persisting presence made him rise and stretch his powerful jaws in a yawn. What is it? He asked finally when his mind fully emerged from its dream world. And what a dream it had been.
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