- Tuarana (hunter on sea ice) - Greenland
Rivera wasn't sure what to think when Alpha, Torrent, first made his way to her den on that cold November night. He smelled of frost and copper, tiny shards of ice clinging to the tips of his coat as he approached her den. She licked her lips nervously, nudging her own pups closer to her, forcing down a rising whimper as he drew nearer. She was expecting harsh words, perhaps a siege on her brood, and she steadied herself, ready to defend them. She eyed the Alpha warily, then confused. He seemed to be badly injured, panting hotly with something in his mouth. The gait she had first interpreted to be hostile, now appeared to her as tired, fumbling even. He made his way to her, pausing briefly before setting down a cold mass of fur on her forelegs.
"Care for her.." he breathed out before turning to limp back down the narrow tunnel that he had appeared from; a bloody path of pawprints trailing behind him. Rivera watched him leave, assuring herself no one would be following before looking at the bundle he had laid before her. She licked it gingerly, finding a cold nose, and even colder paws in the non-moving bundle: a pup. Anxious again, this time for the pup's safety, she brought it closer into her fur, licking it and warming it. After much lapping and cuddling, she coaxed a loud whimper from the pup before it began wiggling, making its way deeper into her fur to cuddle with her own pups. Rivera wasn't sure why the Alpha had chosen her as this pup's keeper, but she curled around her own pups and the chilly pup nonetheless.
"..Cold like Ice and brought to the River Bank from a Bloody Torrent...
I shall name you Tuarana, a Hunter on the Sea Ice. "
