Bloody Moons Set Eventually

It was in the dead of night that Bane awoke and crawled into the comfortable night air, the summer season not quite there yet. These past few days had been tumultuous in the thoughts and reasons the elder had wrestled with. A pack should have been a source of safety. But all he had seen were his sons being dragged off and returning miserable looking from a meeting. He loved Nako and Jakart equally, as did his mate along with their other children, but seeing them downcast and frustrated when they came back to their den site was painful to watch. To know that he had made a decision to stay after Riasa had left was a serious mistake. He felt that his marriage suffered for it. His family's happiness above all else.

The elder closed his one good eye. His fight with Tahlia. How he wished he could take it all back and erase those days they spent separated from one another. And there was nobody besides his sons to teach. He doubted anybody would be interested in what the old wolf had to say. The role of Eir was empty for him as he lazed the days away watching his family come and go. There was simply nothing in Ebony that was worth being apart of anymore. They had a good thing by the river last summer, and his eldest offspring were more than capable of of helping them survive out in rogue territory.

Kailos and Lior could walk on their own too. And so Bane would retire into his den where his mate lay and nudged her awake. If she had questions they would have to wait as the old male went over and roused his children all situated in a den to themselves. They were along the edge of the territory, the entrances to their dens shielded by mountainside trees and an easily traversed slope down to the side of the cliff just below the lake. Nako, Jakart, and Kailos were all silent when they followed their father as their family returned to the wilds once more. But Bane had honor, and he wasn't going to just leave. It would be improper, and so his head would tilt back in a raspy howl to summon the alpha to them. Hopefully see them off without incident.