All Grown Up (And Saving China)

The final preparations for the wedding were in full swing and they had gotten to the point where most of the decorations for the castle and the surrounding grounds were either ready or in place. She was working on making sure their guest rooms were all prepared just in case anyone wanted to stay the night after the reception and had even begun to prepare a few of the open rooms on the top floor for more trusted wolves like her family just in case they needed more space. It felt like she was planning for a lot of “what ifs”, but it was her first time planning and putting together something of this scale.

She was upstairs in one of the now temporary guest rooms, laying out some furs from their stores, when she heard a familiar voice calling from the border. Her head popped up and an excited grin crossed her lips before she turned and trotted out of the room, hurrying down the stairs to get to the first floor of the castle. She hadn’t been expecting anyone to arrive for a couple more days, but it had been far too long since she had seen her older sister and she certainly didn’t have a single complaint about her early arrival.

By the time she got down to the ground floor and walked outside she found Aslatiel waiting for her in the castle courtyard. Her thickly braided tail swayed with excitement behind her as she bounded toward Asla, affectionately bumping her smaller sister’s shoulder with her forehead—while avoiding poking her with her antlers of course. “Asla! I’m so glad you’re here!”

"Briar Fatalis"