While she slept anyway. Her tail curled over her muzzle, paws pulled in to keep everyone warm.

But when she woke, there was that lingering feeling of sadness.

And the she-wolf closed her eyes, trying to snuggle back down to find comfort again.

Whines.

That was exactly where she was.

Wolf form because the heartbreak didn’t seem to hit so hard. Or at least it was less effort right now for reasons she never got to share with him.