Walk | Talk | Think
Her husband had woken early but Tahlia had merely opened a drowsy eye to glance his way with a faint smile before curling protectively around their newest children. He might have had early plans of his own, but for her it was just another quiet morning, more time to spend enjoying the time that she had with her pups. Before long she knew they were going to be as old as the other three, and as independent. Then they would have their own den, be venturing off on their own, and soon they would be grown up and running off to do their own thing. These were precious moments to be cherished, and she intended to do just that.
Of course, she had not anticipated things to get turned around so quickly. Bane was back and nudging her to consciousness, and as she lifted her head with a wide yawn she realized he intended for them to leave. It confused her in her still sleep-befuddled mind, but as she rose and shook herself, watching as Bane picked up their boy and turned to carry him out of the den, she realized this was more serious than she had originally thought. This was not going to be a simple outing. If they were taking the pups, then there was more here going on than she had originally thought.
Without a word, Tahlia picked up her daughter Lior and and followed Bane from the den and further up the riverside so they could rouse Anais, Jakart, and Nako. With everyone in tow, her husband led them from their densite and away across the southern lands toward the east, their destination as yet unknown. It was fine at first - Tahlia trusted Bane enough to know that something wrong must have happened to their home to warrant their retreat - but the long day of travel with pups both whining and full of questions had taken its toll. Her patience was thin by the time they reached the lake he brought them to, and gratefully the mother wolf reclined and laid down with Lior at her side, receiving Kailos with a lick for the poor babe's cries. She settled them in before turning her eyes upon her eldest children and then her husband, voicing what she had begun to suspect as they had neared their current location, "Will we be staying here?"
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