With my family in tow, I loped down from our mountainside den. My leggiest daughter Samus ran beside me, panting but keeping up. The challenging call from the male had not come as a surprise to me; Daenerys had had to defend our home from usurpers before. What had been a surprise, however, was hearing not the familiar victory song of my sister but the song of the same male who had challenged. I had been frozen in place, expecting my life to be turned upside-down once more, to be thrown from my home as I had been so many seasons ago. But I would not leave. I cared deeply for my sister and my extended family whom I knew would be leaving, but I simply couldn't leave the mountains. Not again. They were my home, and they always would be, and I supposed then that my loyalties lay within the towering peaks of Spirane, not necessarily in those who led it. I would always be mountain-born, as would my children, and I refused to let their lives be upheaved as mine once had.

And so I headed to meet this new leader of ours, my lean body stretching out as I traveled at a comfortable lope, knowing that my mate and children would be following close behind. They had been confused as I had, but they had trusted my judgement in wanting to stay, and for that I was grateful. If our family had been split over this I would have never forgiven myself, but I thought that they thought as I did- that the mountains would always be our home.

As I approached the gathering I saw some familiar faces and some not, and my steely eyes settled upon the injured male who I knew must be our new alpha. I approached him cautiously as did Samus (albeit she was a bit more curious than cautious), unaware of his reasoning for challenging or his personality. I certainly had a right to regard him warily. "My name is Haven, and this is my daughter, Samus." I said with a nod towards the girl standing beside me, my voice somewhat guarded, but truly I was open to the new leader of the mountains. It was strange seeing him in Dany's place, however, and I wondered if I would ever get used to it. "Daenerys is my older sister, but the mountains are my home. I was forced away from them once before, I hope that will not be the case now."

haven.
but i couldn't read his handwriting so i burnt 'em last night