The Summer Bonfire Festival

Artorias had let her know about the event he had planned for the evening so as they neared sunset she helped Kane get the pups down for a nap and left him with a kiss to pupsit while she went up from the shore where they had been staying to go up toward the castle. She had just gotten to the top of the hill to go past the castle to the plains when she heard Artorias' howl and she smiled, glad that she had timed it almost perfectly. She didn't rush to get to where the bonfire had been set up so once she got there there where quite a few wolves there already—including all of her older children. Well, almost. She didn't see Rudyard in the crowd just yet, but she was hopeful that she'd get to see him while she was here. A surprised, pleased smile pulled across her scarred features, her tail wagging happily as she picked them out of the crowd. She couldn't remember the last time she had seen them all in one spot, including her adopted children, and she was honestly blown away and so happy that Artorias had managed to do that for their bonfire celebration.

She went to Gwynevere first on the outskirts of the celebration, her sweet daughter as much of a loner as ever. She gave her a kiss on the cheek before she went to do the same to Avantika, offering her a grin before she went to find the others. She went over to where Daphne and Grimshaw where sitting, giving her daughter a loving smile and a quick hug before giving Grimshaw the same affection. "It's so good to see you both," she told them sincerely before moving off to where Bowen had made herself into a caramel and cream doughnut off to the side. She gave her wild adventurer a kiss on the top of her head and then went down to where Artorias was standing by the soon to be bonfire next to Briar. She gave the young woman she had first met as "Zeelet" a sweet smile and reached up to put a light kiss on her cheek as well. Even if Briar wasn't her own flesh and blood she was practically her daughter as well with how often she had been in The Hallows growing up and she fully expected Artorias to make her his mate sooner or later.

She then turned her attention to Artorias who had arranged all of this and she grinned, sitting back so she could lift her forelegs to wrap them around his neck in a hug, forcing him to stoop so she could kiss the top of his head. "I can't believe you got everyone here!" she told him quietly, her happiness at this fact clearly visible on her expression. "Well... almost everyone," she added with a chuckle and a little roll of her eyes. She loved Rudyard dearly and wouldn't change him for the world, but he was always a bit of a mess so she wasn't even surprised that he was the one running behind. She stepped away to join the crowd then, deciding to go sit with Daphne and Grimshaw since she hadn't seen them in so long and didn't often get a chance to see them.

Tamsyn Carpathius of the Valley