puppy dog eyes

Zee had been out of the den to collect some breakfast while the puppies slept. She returned with a rabbit in her mouth, and as she rounded the corner of the cove she saw a little bright white creature standing before the entrance. She couldn't scent the other easily from beyond the rabbit, and so she picked up a brisk pace to reach the mouth of the den before the 'intruder' could enter. Logically she knew there was very little chance for real danger - one of their many wolf or bird scouts would have called out if there was reason to worry - but regardless the new mother was protective.

Once she got closer, it became apparent that the little white pup was a wolf... sort of. She dropped the rabbit beside the entrance, sitting and leaning against the den's mouth to look over at the child. "Hello. I'm Zee. Are you one of Lucretia's puppies?" The more she tried to identify the child the more she realized. She smelled of Ashen, though her floppy ears spoke of dog and not wolf. Her colors were that of Lucretia's as well. She'd been too close to delivery herself to go visit them when they were born. From within the den she could hear tiny noises of frustration as the slumbering puppies began to wake and search for milk, and decided they could wait a moment while she learned exactly who it was she was to invite into her den.