I'm back

Kotori had thoroughly enjoyed the last autumn, roaming with Ochitsuke and with each day being whatever the two would make of it.  The change in weather had been a clear sign about the seasons changing and it being time to return.  Kotori had never much cared for the cold and of course, it appeared this would be an especially cold winter.  

He had howled, letting Asla know of his return, and left Ochi to go meet up with his sister.  What had happened since he’d left?  There was the scent of at least one wolf he didn’t recognize that caught his interest.  Kotori’s mind skated backward to the past, recalling how Mojito had recently joined the pack.  Had that caused any tensions in the family, or maybe it had worked out well and stronger bonds?  Well, he’d be checking in with how everyone was doing over the next few days.

The falls were a frozen sheet of ice, and surely more ice than Kotori saw with snow surely hiding ice beneath it.  It was a time to walk more carefully up and down the path, or just skirt around it.  He made his way up the frozen ground until he reached the top of the falls.

"Kotori Fatalis"