Just What the Doctor Ordered

Sensing Io’s desire to change the subject, he allowed it to be so, but he worried about her still. Words had never been the strong point of the overlord, so he placed a paw gently over her small, fragile one, looked at her with a half smile, and let the conversation move on the pack and things larger than themselves.

“I finished digging out the cellar to store our meat, and building the den for Zee and the kids” kids that had not happened yet, but the man was nothing if not dogged and determined. “The rest will be finished soon, it’s just the wait for this damn volcano” he said, weary sigh escaping him. He and Io had been living under its wrath for a while now with no issues, but he occasionally felt a light rumble in the earth, and when the wind turned the ash fell down upon their territory. Just a little bit longer… he hoped