These Old Bones

Novel had just set her head upon her paws when the voice of another caused her to sit up. Elohim blinked an eye from his own sleep up in the branches but otherwise didn't acknowledge the company. Her bright gaze looked his younger frame over, recognizing him as a new father and alpha of the pack she had just joined. A smile crept over her silver streaked muzzle as she shifted her body to a more comfortable pose for conversation. "Of course," she motioned for him to join her under the shade of the willow. 

She remembered being a new mother, though she was also sure his experience was much different than hers. Her sons had been forced upon her and still all these years later she could recall the pain that man had caused. Her only comfort now was that he was surely long dead. 

"You might have caught my name at the meeting, but I am Novel. There was a bit too much commotion to catch your own." She smiled as she asked his name in a round about way. Her hearing wasn't what it used to be, and though she was sure someone had mentioned his name at least once she hadn't caught it.