Alban

The sun is warm today, sending a welcome prickle down your spine. For the past few days, the snowy terrain has been almost unbearable, so this is a welcome change. Another wolf seems to be enjoying it too; he’s predominantly white with a few brown sections. 

You enjoy meeting new wolves so crouch forward. Immediately, he’s by your side, somewhat smiling. He tilts his head, attempting to charm you, and flicks his ears. 

You snicker. 

As if it’ll be that easy. 

𝙎𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙥𝙝𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙞, 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙔𝙪𝙠𝙞𝙮𝙖𝙢𝙖. 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙪𝙠𝙞𝙮𝙖𝙢𝙖’𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙮. 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝘼𝙥𝙝𝙧𝙖, 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙞, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩-𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙖. 𝘿𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠’𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙥𝙝𝙖, 𝙔𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙄𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡 - 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 - 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣, 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩, 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝘾𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩, 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.