[/html]Leaving the sanctity of the Berwick orchard was not a common thing for the lone wolf. She had found a place among the new trees, despite their need for pruning before the next year’s harvest. Yet there was little that she could do for them now. Their limbs were heavy, laden with fruit children and ruffled with leaves. Anu could imagine picking more apples then there were beasts in the world to eat them at the beginning of Fall. It could take till winter to pick them all, the wolfess predicted.
But the orchards did not hold much prey, the smaller rabbits and mice had been driven off by their canine presence and so Anu sought the sprawling lands to the south for sustenance. South, but not west. The female had no intention of going near the lands of the old pack, the memories to harsh for her mind to handle. She pushed herself to believe she was content in their new home, a quite place where she and Tayui could spend the rest of their days. Anu thought of the woman often as she ventured further from Berwick, wondering what she was doing and if she was safe.
Her worries were not justified, and just silly thoughts that kept her away from the past and focused on the general present. Light paws tapped through the wild undergrowth, her nose halfheartedly seeking the scents of prey around the bend and twists the path of trees created. She needed her focus even more, and drove her paws to pick up speed and swiveled her ears forward to catch even the slightest sound of mice scuttling.
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