He was late, so late. His jaws brimming with two hares for his goddess but the chase had cost him too much time. Nogitsune knew she was strong and the path wouldn’t be so dangerous while the sun graced the landscape. Pressing onwards he drove himself with a furious determination to find his light once again. It was an emptiness that resounded in his chest as it tightened his muscles straining to claw at the landscape in desperation to close the gaping abyss that dared engulf him in hollowness and desperation. He knew the forest pack she was headed to. Taviora, his once dear friend greeted him at the borders and showed him around and yet so much time had passed. Would it even be as he remembered, would his old friend be there? He had no answers for these things but of the most important things, his light would be there even if the old had moved on and changed.

A sheen of dust clung to his pelt and a light froth to his jaws that clung to the rabbits a deep pant within his chest as he broke through the trees into a small opening his vision tunneled his gaze only searching for one. Gold and violate eyes fall upon her large and elegant frame reclined against a tree, he felt sore-hearted, she must have been tired from her journey or perhaps she had waited for him. Quickly and quietly he fixed his stature as best as he could making his pace seem a little more weighed even as her presence lifted the burden in his chest. She was his comfort and peace, eyes softened as he was transfixed upon her. Zelda was the furthest creature from his mind as he closes the distance but soon he grew tense the close he came to his goddess and the stranger. He moved closer to Phaedra never open to invading her space without welcome but as he dropped the pair of hares and nudged them to her he couldn’t help but notice the small pups at her side and her gaze lifted to her own.

Bowing his head slightly he spoke to her; “My light, I am sorry I was late to catch up. I’ve even missed their birth. Forgive me.” There was a hint of sorrow in his voice, he had desired nothing more than to be there to aid her as needed but it seemed she was well even without his presence. His gazed lifted to Zelda with caution, “I do not know you but you haven’t brought harm to my goddess and new family. Thank you.” perhaps the time would come when he would speak to the strange woman once more but his attention was turned back to Phaedra now. “May I see them?” Something felt free to let his guard down and lower himself towards her should she allow him the honors as he grew curious to know their names and meet his children for the first time. She was beautiful, his family was beautiful, and somewhere within his heart soared at the thought he had a family with pups all his own now.