The Betrayal Knows My Name

The twice banished male shifted from where he lay at the mouth of the den where his mate and youngest offspring slept their nights. Each day the temperature was getting noticeably warmer as well as having fewer grey clouds in the sky. He let out a sigh. Another season almost come and gone. Any wiser? For Bane, no. Not really, though each member of his family was carving out their purpose into Ebony. The pale wolf shifted his cheek from where it lay on a paw and swept up more snow under his head. Much better. He would miss the cold and it's soothing effect on his worn body. A ghostly echo crossed over the mountainous terrain of Ebony.?Bane's head shot up at the howl of a she-wolf thought long forgotten and he scrambled to his paws.?"Oh gods, Des..."

That howl had been worrying, the male making a hasty break to it's location. For Tahlia, him, and their young. And it was his hope, as he hurried through the trees down the slope, that his offspring wouldn't come. Their questions and curiosities weren't need at all right now. He made haste towards the border with a lump forming in his throat. Things didn't sound good for his once-mate. And through the gaps in the trees a familiar pelt was seen of russet and black as he grew closer. Tahlia was already there. A black and red chested wolf was in front of her, Bane's pale, grey-flecked pelt standing in contrast with his mate's as he came to stand by her side. "Forbidden Destruction, I, well... I... You..." Bane was at a total loss for words at the female's sudden appearance at the border of their pack.