Into The Maw of The Storm

Life was pretty damn good, Kai had to say. He'd slowly been getting to know his children when he could, grateful for when they were old enough to make more decisions about their future. He was glad that Justice didn't seem inclined to keep them with her - in fact, half the time she seemed glad whenever he could wrestle them out of her sight - and he was just as grateful. He knew his relationships with them would surely blossom in time, and though Kai was hardly a patient man, he found it remarkably easy to be patient when it came to his children. And even though he found himself wanting to spend more and more time with them, he'd decided to make a brief trip to the east.

He'd been born in the east, and though the northern blood ran strong through his veins he wasn't used to the snow as much as some wolves might be. Especially in the east. It was more common in the mountains, but the intensity of the storm that rolled in still caught him off-guard. He'd already begun his ascent when the storm began to grow stronger, occasional gusts of wind ruffling his coat and making the snow fall seemingly sideways. The mist that hung low to the ground made the visibility even worse. Oh well, he'd have to continue on anyway. He was confident enough in his navigation skills that he was sure he could traverse this mountain pass, or find somewhere along the way to hunker down until the storm simmered down. As he continued his climb he caught the faint silhouette of someone up ahead, and he let out a bark of greeting - and warning, sort of - to the stranger. It was hard enough to see where you were going up here, let alone whether or not someone was trying to sneak up on you, and Kai wasn't interested in scaring anyone off the side of a mountain today.