One More Step

Change could be a difficult thing to get used to. For a while, Solveiga thought she was never going to adjust to life without her brother. She had been dependent on him, relying on him to make every decision for her. It was no easy task moving on and learning to care for herself, but she had done it. It had taken her a year, but yes, she had done it. Now she had to decide what she was going to do next.

When her brother had left, it had been to make a life for himself. Without her. He had always talked of joining a pack, meeting someone, starting his own family. At the time, Solveiga had thought all of those plans were wonderful, and she had been beside him one hundred percent. She knew now that those plans didn't involve her, so why couldn't she make her own plans that didn't involve him? Join a pack of her own? Maybe even... meet someone? Have a family? That would be in the distant future, but Solveiga did not think it impossible. After all, she loved pups.

She was in the eastern part of the continent now, exploring all that the land had to offer. She had scented a pack about a day ago, and had avoided it. Maybe next time she caught the scent of a boundary, she wouldn't be so quick to just avoid it. Maybe she would do a bit of exploring, see what she could find. Today, she had found a cliff. She avoided the most extreme edge, not wanting to accidentally slip over the edge, but from where she stood she could see the water below, and it was a beautiful sight. She settled onto her haunches and sighed a bit, letting her muscles unwind as the winter breeze ruffled her fur lightly and she watched it create waves on the water below.