Spirit

It was spirt that saved ghost on that fateful day, she dragged him to her den and carefully surveyed his wounds, she then applied healing herbs with her nose and tended to his every need with confidence and efficiency. Thanks to spirits help, ghost was able to get back on his feet within a moon cycle. During that time the pair slowly got to know one another. It was hard to get ghost to open up and talk a lot of the time, he was a very secretive and stoic wolf. But with time the males hardened exterior started to soften, and sure enough, spirt was able to see ghost true self. What she saw was a battle hardened pup who deep down after years of abuse just wanted someone to just be kind to him. Finally the time came for ghost to leave, they both stood at the entrance of her den, watching the snow fall into plumes of fresh powder. Ghost cleared his throat and gave spirt a warm but saddened smile, and began walking back into the woods. Spirit watched him walk off, his form slowly disappearing into the snowfall. Spirit sighed ears drooping as she headed back into her den, she did a few circles on her bed of leaves then curled up into herself. She closed her eyes for a heartbeat, then another, then another, but she felt restless. The restlessness began to grow, starting in her chest, then spreading to her limbs, she adjusted herself as the burning sensation began to grow, expanding and expanding till the young wolf thought she would die. She suddenly sprang to her feet, sprinting out of her den and into the snow following pawprints the large male left behind. She hopped gracefully over snow banks, ducked under tree branches, and made light work of anything else in her path. She tilted her head back and from her lips came a long beautiful cry, she called out to him. she howled for a few seconds before skidding to a stop, ears perking up as she listened. A strong voice returned her call, her tail starting to wag as she once again began to run. She ran and ran till she found herself standing in front of ghost. He looked down at her gently, tilting his head to the side a bit, as if to ask "jeez you miss me already?" Spirit panted, taking a step forward and gently nuzzled his cheek with her nose. And the rest is history.