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She should have been outside enjoying the last of summer's warmth but instead the slim female was hunkered down into the familiar mattress. The smell was insanely comforting; it reminded Zara of her lost mother and her absent father. This was the room they had chosen as their own, this was the room she had been brought into the world and this was the room she had birthed her own litter within. The shifting body of Ismere beside her thick silver fur distracted the mother from her dreary thoughts but not for long, too striking was her grief and it seemed to pull her deeper under a cloak of silence. Zara rarely saw Koen these days but she wasn't so fussed anymore. Once she had believed she loved him but again now she wasn't so sure. Had it just been a summer fling? A buzz of excitement? The female longed to believe otherwise but the distance between the pair had grown since the puppies were born. Koen had abandoned her before and Zara did not doubt that he could, would, do it again. 

There were times when the two-toned akita mix realised the error of her ways and attempted to socialise with the pack but after a while the sinking feeling returned and Zara would creep back to the dark room. The pack meeting alone, no more than a couple of days ago, had been a struggle. Brooke had abdicated and her throne now belonged to Ryu who was no less than her father's apprentice. If only Hueso could have been there to watch, but not just the Canaan dog, no more importantly her dad had missed the ceremony of his son. It was ironic really; Bear had replaced Hueso, Bear was now the new General because their father was hardly ever around. Ever since Nikita had died the whole family had been in disarray, and Antigone deserting Tempest had not helped. At least now Zara could look upon her younger brother with pride and know just how proud their mum would have been.

ooc: wow this actually sucks c;