When You Reach the Clouds... What Then? [Patrol]

He spotted Rhae from the corner of his eye, glancing to the woman with a smile until she spotted him. She seemed to hesitate at the bottom of the wall before she joined him, offering her company. The smile quirked into a grin as he said, “Of course. Your first official patrol as a Valhallan, eh?”

With a tip of his head forward he led the way, asking, “So who all have you met so far other than your test?”

A few feet later he paused, nose dipping to sniff, and nodded toward the scent, adding, “That’s Justice Ancora’s scent. She recently had three pups, our youngest members. Kaija, Arne, and Fidelias.”

Aurielle would be calling the pack together soon, to apprise them of everything, including his promotion, and something else that was cooking. If he knew Justice at all, he knew she’d be loving that particular tidbit. His head was full of all the information and upcoming official plans Aurielle had stuffed into it over the morning.

Valhalla wasn’t hurting for members, so he wouldn’t need to go on recruitment trips to the Field, not until they knew which of Justice’s pups were staying and which would be leaving to follow their own trail sometime in the future.

Once he was sure she was done getting the scent he moved several strides ahead, adding his own mark to the various scents routinely applied by the pack.

Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think