Don't Take Thirteen

Aureus jauntily navigated through the forest, sidestepping a tree here, bounding around a boulder there. The forest was still pretty spooky but with company he was emboldened. "Oh! My name is Aureus Abraxas." He'd gotten so interested in their conversation he'd forgotten to introduce himself. Now that that bit was out of the way he was all ears as she explained that there were eight packs she new of. "Wow! Eight? That's a lot more than I thought there was." He supposed that made sense. The world was a lot bigger than he could even fathom. Still, as far as he knew there were no packs in Auster except for the Risen Empire.

Shaye went on to explain that most were peaceful but that there were two packs called Erovrare and Legion that were new. Aureus committed the names to memory, eager to share them with his dad. His jaw dropped when she mentioned she was the alpha of Abaven. Golly! He'd been talking with another alpha this whole time? "That's so cool! My dad is an alpha but I don't really want to be one. I want to be a great warrior." He scrambled around a particularly large oak tree and then grinned as he saw the stone walls of the canyon peering over the tops of the trees, it's mouth looming just ahead.

"Here we are! Here's the canyon!" He felt proud of himself and suddenly a lot better now that he had his bearings. Aureus would have liked to stay with Shaye and chat more but he realized he really needed to get back home. His brother was out there somewhere and he needed to find him. "It was nice to meet you Shaye but I better get home. Maybe we'll meet again some day?" He grinned and scampered back through the woods

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