Spring had returned, the grounds back to normal, the weather warming up and young were beginning to be born. Things also felt… odd though. Night was more quiet than usual. Older prey that were weakened by winter, Ame’s main spring prey, were lesser in number. Perhaps it was simply how winter was. Perhaps they could not escape as many wolves due to the nature of the snow? He wasn’t sure, but the nights that was what worried him now.

He had been living in the free lands for a few years now. Long enough at least to start to get a feel for when the balance of things was off. Night was certainly strange. Usually it was quiet to be certain, but now it felt almost deathly so. Like there was such a stillness in the air it felt heavy. He didn’t know what it was, but he had ventured out a few times and didn’t find anything odd. It was morning now, he had been walking all night trying to figure out but now the sun rose and he was once again empty pawed. He sighed looking around the fields he had managed to cross into over the night. He looked to the sunrise and ease felt over him, and weariness. He was exhausted and knew he would be sleeping most the day now to make up for this venture. Ame guessed maybe it was nothing, maybe it was the lands recovering from the ice and snow… for the moment though he simply meandered into the fields thinking.

His mother might have an idea. Perhaps he should go back to Diveen? She understood the other animals better than anyone! For the moment though he wanted to figure it out for himself and just see if he could find the answers. He would start wandering that way though and if no answers came to him by the time he reached Diveen he would ask his mother if she had ideas. For though though he just walked and pondered, it was all he could think about and it was all to do for the moment too.