Remembering Dusk

The rest of the night had been spent in silence, Shuule wrapped up tightly in Ukko's arms with One, and every other male tending to Anna and her cubs. Lucius stayed curled up defensively in the corner by the door. Aries was in his ram, his legs tucked up like a bread loaf, keeping watch over the stiff and unconscious Set outside. The ram was perfectly acclimated to the cold weather, and luckily for all of them, no other beasts or predators came sneaking through that night. It would have been just too much for them to handle in the state they were in.

The cave was clearly too small and cramped for so many large men to be living in it, and Shuule had strong opinions with the idea that Set, the original owner of the space, was going to be the one kicked out for the remainder of the cold season. But that was an argument and issue for a different night and day. There was much that needed to be figured out, but for now, they had to survive. Get Anna and the two cubs through the night.