The World Is Crashing Down Around Our Ears

The weary and bone-sore wolf took some time to come back down to reality after his gruelling hunt for his missing partner. He didn’t want to stop, even for the short break it would take to talk to Keahi. A part of him insisted that he keep going. Stopping was the same as giving up, and he owed her more than that.

“I can’t… Keahi. What if she’s just over the next rise, bleeding out? If I find her too late… I’ll never forgive myself” he said, grimacing at the vivid image that came too easily to him. He remembered the time she had been attacked by a bear. Finding her and thinking… It was like that all over again, but so much worse. There was no relief. No ‘oh, there you are. Everything’s okay now” all he had was assumptions, guesses. Nothing but empty air in his paws.


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