#raynepup

Her patrols were finally starting to feel like a habit again.  The first few months had been full of jumpiness, and Allison’s eyes tracing every shadow in the preserve while her mind imagined what could be hiding where the moonlight couldn’t reach.  Now?  She felt less like prey and more like the predator she was, like the matriarch she was.  Allison didn’t think the preserve was sentient, but it seemed more peaceful now that she wasn’t jumping out of her skin at every creak and groan of the trees.  The section that she was walking had a few normal hunting traps that her father had set up in part to maintain his image as a normal hunter throughout town, so she was checking them as she went.  As the brunette knelt to inspect the first nearly invisible trip wire, she paused.  She more felt than saw the other person moving through the trees.  Allison didn’t reach for the crossbow hanging on her back, but she threaded her fingers through the cool metal ring of one of her daggers just in case.  “Nice night out, huh?”  

Kaleb was panicking. He couldn't find any trace of Kitty around the area he woke up, couldn't hear her heartbeat or pick up her scent anywhere. Neither did she respond when Kaleb or Morgan called for her, the two wolves deciding to separate to cover more ground. The events of the previous night were starting to get foggy, certain details already too distant for Kaleb to recall them clearly. However, he remembered being separated from Kitty, sensing her fear somewhere nearby but somehow being unable to reach her. If something happened to her, if someone hurt her...

Desperate, Kaleb howled, not caring who heard or saw him, only worried about finding his sister. He paused. Waiting. Hoping. Then, after what felt like hours, Kitty responded, Kaleb hurrying to her side once he figured out the direction her howl came from.

He found her shifted, hidden inside overgrown bushes, Kaleb kneeling down near her. "Hey," he called to the young wolf, trying to encourage her to come out. "It's okay, Kitty. It's okay, I'm here..."

👼 - babysitting

Kole is good at babysitting. He’s been in a lot of foster homes where there are younger kids around. In those homes, he usually was the one that had to take care of the little kids. 

“I actually have the bracelet my dad gave my mom when I was born. It’s kind of just put away somewhere but…it means a lot to me. Especially because my mom hasn’t been alive since I was a young boy. I’ll give it to Lydia if she has our baby one day, I’m sure, because it’s what my dad and mom would both want.”

“Hmm... I mean the supernatural is definitely fascinating.  But I also really like the stars, and space.  I'm not a big science girl or anything, but I’ve always liked looking up at night and making up stories to explain the constellations.” 

“This is maybe the most important question I will ever answer.  Okay, so here’s the deal- you gotta start with more milk, and add cereal as needed.  That way it never gets too soggy!”