Steadfast

Eulalia stood at the edge of a swampy forest in Vitalus. She stared into the darkness, reliving the fear and terror she had experienced as a pup wandering in the woods with Mel. Ever since then, she had avoided the dark. Even at night, she always had some sort of light on to keep the shadows and nightmares away. Yet, here she stood, about to willingly go back into the black forest all because Mel decided to do something stupid… again.  ...

“We’re going to be thrown out of the pack.” Siqiniq hissed; all the patience she was known for was so far gone.  “Oh, come on, live a little.” Alignak chuckled in response.  Their roles in their friendship had flipped and changed many times. Alignak was once confident, then fearful, and now it seemed like he had lost all sense of consequences. And Siqiniq, for a...