Harder The Heart, Harder It Breaks

He was a little anxious whenever anais wasn't by his side. He didn't have the luxury of remaining by her side and letting each day pass him by. Voltage hadn't participated in pack activities in so long, through he called him his Co-alpha as strongly today as he had on their first day as leaders. He has to give terrae the place as lead healer now that orchid had left them. He had to scout out the pack that had settled in beside them - through he hadn't gone to talk alliances with them yet. He had to do border patrols and increase his hunting with anais as she was now. He tried to encourage his siblings to start hunts and lessons, to play a more active part in the pack.

There seemed constantly to be jobs for an alpha and he was taken from anais's side more often then he would have liked. Sneaking away from his jobs with a flower and some lunch he would make his way to their den only to find that anais wasn't there. He tried not to let that trouble him, she got restless when she had to remain resting and lying down more often then normal and it wasn't too surprising to imagine she had gone on a walk. He followed her trail through the prairie, stopping when he found her leaning forward in the snow, nosing a shape. Had she caught her own meal? He was already shaking his head, amused and resigned as he trotted over to her side. Before he reached his place there the bundle moved and voiced a quation. The alphas ears went back in surprise and he paused to take in the... pup? "What's this? " he asked anais to see if she could enlighten to why a tiny pup was lying alone in the cold at their borders.