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The dark teen had tossed and turned for the better part of the night before giving up and getting up in a huff. Between the light snow falling and the extreme cold Viorel just couldn’t sleep and it was frankly exhausting trying. Who knew trying to sleep could make you more tired? It probably would have been smart to find another wolf from their little band to share heat with, but when the Valle had looked for them they either didn’t have room in their hiding spaces or were nowhere to be found.

Instead he had decided to try to trot until his muscles generated some more heat, and hopefully wear him out until he could sleep. But, he wasn’t going to just do this pointlessly. Viorel had been spending his days trying to scope out the territories that surrounded their future pack site. He figured the more he knew about what was around them the better, it wouldn’t do them well to discover too late that their pack den was surrounded by areas prone to flooding for example.

Tonight he headed south east, towards the area that they had woken up in. But, he found himself somewhere else entirely, somewhere….strange. The trees here seemed to almost be, he couldn’t even describe it. Almost like the whole area was trying to tell him something but couldn’t talk. It was a completely different feeling than the woods that he had found Clover in, instead of a negative threatening presence, this seemed to be...very soothing. Viorel’s eyes were wide as he looked around the grove, what had he found?

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Viorel had been so distracted by the strange sensation of power in the grove that he had missed Clover’s scent heavy amongst the trees. His yellow eyes moved from bough to bough in awe. What had he stumbled upon here, and why was it here? Not only had he missed the signs that his friend was nearby, but every thought of how cold it was, and his lack of sleep completely vanished. Instead he felt peaceful, at ease. The teen let out a deep sigh, as if a heavy weight had been lifted off of his shoulders, it felt good here. He liked it.

His eyes landed on Clover only a moment before she greeted him, and he responded with a huge grin. It seemed like he wasn’t the only one who had been pulled to this strange place, funny how this kept happening to them. Shaking his head softly he groaned a little, ”Nah, something about tonight was just too cold.” Which, was a little odd, because he had definitely lived through colder nights without an issue. Whatever it was about this night, the chill had seemed deep, all consuming, at least it had been until he had stumbled into this grove.

Looking away from the white woman to the trees again he couldn’t help but murmur, ”What is this place?”

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Clover’s expression was unreadable, but Viorel didn’t look too much into it. They were becoming close friends for sure but it would be foolish to claim that he knew her extraordinary well. It had only been a little bit less than a month ago since they had met in those eerie woods, and yet everything had changed since then. She made no comment about why he had come here, although the more he stared into her dark amber eyes the more he felt something, strange. It had to be this grove, surely.

The half shrug didn’t give Viorel much information to go on, it seemed like they were both flying blind here. Looking out towards the dense foliage around them he nodded in agreement, ”It’s peaceful but also...it feels strange, just in a good way you know?” The Valle didn’t know how else to explain it and hoped that Clover would know what he meant, because he wasn’t sure he could really elaborate on that statement.

Looking back to her with raised eyebrows, ”Everything that’s happened?” She wasn’t having second thoughts about the pack and their… agreement, was she? Tilting his head a little bit to the side his brow furrowed, ”I...don’t know. I couldn’t sleep from the cold, but it almost felt like this place was calling to me. Like I was supposed to end up here tonight.” So much of what had happened to them had seemed so random, so up to chance. Had it all been meant to be this whole time?

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Her response didn’t necessarily settle worries that she had changed her mind, though he couldn’t disagree that everything was happening quickly. Sitting next to her, he pressed his side against her gently. Nibbling gently on her shoulder he smiled, "I'm glad I'm here too." Looking forward across the grove, rather than at her eyes he murmured, ”I know it’s quick,” he shuffled uncomfortably. He wasn’t sure there was a good way to say this, so he just blurted it out quietly, ”Are you changing your mind about everything? Is it too much?” he would understand if it was, but it would suck for lack of a better word.

He was silent following the question, and the moment seemed to stretch out forever. It was like he could count every breath, every heartbeat and it lasted until eternity. If Clover said it was all too much he would do what he could to support his friend, that much he knew for certain. He just hoped that even if having pups with him would be too quick this spring she wouldn’t choose to leave the pack. He wasn’t used to feeling this way really, and he was still so young it was all hard to distinguish. She was a year older than him, but they were both young wolves, would she run from everything?

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When her cheek brushed against his Viorel felt a bit of hot blush creep along his neck, and he was thankful for his dark pelt in the night. He was not used to feeling this uncertain, his whole life had been practically laid out for him back home. He would become an adult, maybe serve for a year or two as a scout, be matched up with a powerful lady from another pack and go make his own. He was still making his own pack he supposed, but this was certainly not how he thought that it was going to happen.

One thing he knew for sure, he was happy to have Clover with him while he figured it out.

Closing his eyes when she touched his shoulder he breathed, ”I’m happy with you too.” Then blinking them open he rushed to add, ”And everyone else too, my family.” Blushing hard again he feigned a yawn, although he truly was beginning to feel tired for real. Looking towards some of the more dense foliage he gestured with his muzzle, ”Should be warm enough with both of us to stay here for the night, get back to everyone else in the morning.” He stood, then hesitated before adding, ”It is pretty late already.” She wasn’t going to think he was like creeping on her was she? Ugh, things were easier at the Estuary with his ‘floozies’.

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