Matters of the Heart

*Azalea* · 08-13-2013, 11:38 AM

Azalea did not sleep at the family den, in fact she slept in no den at all. She was cautious of underground spaces and all too recently seen what could happen when a little rain turned into a lot of rain. Her mother being back at the family den did not worry her only because it was summer. The heat had returned and rain was not so frequent and when it did rain it was light and weak.

She was headed for the den now, though. It was time to formally meet her new siblings. Azalea was no longer the baby in the family but so be it, she could still be fashionably late. It was really unsurprising that she was the last to show up, Soleil already above ground, dirt clinging to her milky white coat. She had her head poked into the den bidding Guinevere to come out. Solaine sat front and center to the breakfast table, the leg of deer,

Azalea licked her lips as she came to stand beside her brother, Gael. With each passing day Azalea was forgetting her eldest brother. Perhaps he would never return. She had honestly thought little to nothing of her brothers until Gael had reappeared, sparking hope on dying embers that the other might come back as well.

Gael was easily excited and he stood waiting, dying in wait for their parents to give him notice. He wanted to approach. Azalea just tipped her head at him, not seeing the need for an invitation. It was their family, they were not guests. "Great catch, father, where is the rest of it?" Her tongue lulled and it was obvious that she drooling. She was positively ravenous and she wasn't sure the leg would be enough for all six of them. She didn't even know how much puppies ate. Did they even count as separate wolves?

She moved closer, giving her father a quick lick on the cheek. Then her eyes found Solaine and Azalea realized that she was being stared at. She slowed, lowering herself to her belly. She kept eye contact, determined not to look away from a mere whelp. Perhaps she was frightening to the babe but Azalea was not trying to be threatening in the least. On her belly she moved closer until she tucked over the deer leg. She sniffed it, working her way up and over until she was nose to nose with her little sibling. "Hello!" Azalea said finally, tail wagging and her face breaking into a smile. "I'm Azalea, your big sister!"

She cast a quick look to Gael then smiled wickedly, "And that's your big brother, we just call him Dumb-Dumb." She looked very proud of herself as she looked over to Gael with a grin.

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