Mists of Gold (meeting)

Artur followed in his mother's footsteps as she trotted from their den to the fascinating stone megaliths a short distance from the extensive den. They were, she'd told them, to meet the rest of the pack's members today. Artur, who had not yet met a wolf other than his mother and siblings, was wary. The only other living creature he'd known was Princess, his mother's cat friend, and she was obviously inferior to his family, so it didn't give him a lot of confidence that the pack would be any different. Still, these adults would be the ones who would be mentoring them in the various skills they needed once they were old enough to be apprenticed, so it wouldn't do to alienate them. He fully intended to apprentice to the greatest warrior in the pack as soon as he was able to, though he couldn't imagine a better warrior than an Adravendi and the only real Adravendis in the pack were he and his littermates and their mother, and he didn't know if he'd be allowed to apprentice to his mother.

Only half-listening to her lecture, Artur sat beside his mother with his head and ears high in a puppyish attempt at regal hauteur, waiting for the pack to appear.