Take it all away

The brute had begun to wander more and more as his childern had grown, though he usually stayed close he was finding it harder and harder to remain attached and loyal to Tortuga. His only true loyalties remained with his sister, whom he had not seen since the pack meeting, and Secret who was the mother of his pups. Though they were far from mates and he had no desire to take one he still felt a particular loyalty to her and a need to protect her. So a watchful eye had been cast over the den. Though it seemed that every time he had stopped by for a visit it had been just the pups or Secret had taken the pups off doing something. He hadn't really seen her since the pack meeting either and that was beginning to worry him. He knew that she had come into heat again last season and tried for a while to seek her out to no avail and soon his interest was lost again and he was off in rouge lands. He really needed to speak with Kaien one of these days. He wasn't situating well in Tortuga anymore and though he had no desire to wander to other packs he did have a deep rooted need to explore and do his own thing. He would express that if needed he would come to Kaien's call but would remain a rouge until then. If Vi ever left this pack then his loyalties would follow her...

The day found him sliding through the shadows as usual, head carried low so maw almost trailed on the ground. Mammoth of a beast was moving quietly as he tried absently to pick up Secret's scent. He had visited the childern already, only Vixe had been awake so they had chatted breifly, Ky had teased him some more about his name and then he had set off to find their mother. Today, suprisingly, she wasn't hard to find... Her sent was picked up quickly and followed it to where she law seated. He made no move to hide his approch but stopped as soon as he was in view and purpously shifted his gaze down to her belly. Was she pregnant again? "I thought you worked off all the baby weight already..." he rumbled, trying to be light hearted but somehow the fact that she had bred with another male deeply unsettled him. Maybe there was a reason he hadn't been able to find her. Maybe she had been avoiding him? No that couldnt be it... He could think what he wanted but Secret had been a good mother and tolerante of everything he had done even if it had all be slightly awkward durning it. But where did that leave them with their childern? Had she told them yet? They would be a year in the winter but they still all stuck together and hung out on a regular basis it seemed.