hold me down

Why was it still cold. Why were the nights still so cold? Hani was not prepared for this. Her fur was still too thin. She shivered. She should have been curled up somewhere warm, but she wasn't. She was walking around in the bitter cold of the night. There was a noise. Instinctively, Hani turned to look at it.

There was one of the new pups snooping around. Hani followed it at a distance. It was still terribly cold. Hani hated it. The young wolf peered inside Kapra's den, then came out with a bundle of something. Herbs. Hani's eyes widened. She stalked forward into the night, gaining on the young girl. Coming around the pup's left side, Hani called forth, "Stop." It wasn't a loud call, nor really a command. Her voice was rough from not being used, "What have you got?" She was more curious about the herbs than whether the pup was doing right or wrong. Did the pup even know what it had?