He stares at the stars.
He always looks for the brightest one.
She approaches him confidently.
He's still surprised she's not scared.
The neighbors are though.
The children warmed up first.
Calling him 'Wolfie' and begging to be carried.
The adults took longer.
But Scarlet's cooking was to good to resist.
They have a garden of exclusively tomatoes.
No one knows why.
They also don't know that Wolf howled the one year they got trampled.
Scarlet promised twice as many next year.
"Scarlet..."
He whispers in his sleep.
Scarlet hasn't told him yet.
Sometimes he cries too.
So does she.
They hold each other tightly.
Wolf doesn't know what to do.
A red ring sits in his pocket
His life sits in front of him.
"Wolf?"
He looks at her intently.
"I want you to be my alpha, forever."
