Voren frowned, already preparing to end the call when Ravyn's voice came through, sharp with urgency.
"Voren, what's going on?"
Voren glanced at his mother, sensing that something was troubling his friend, before answering with a question of his own.
"That's exactly what I want to ask you. Is everything all right at the Centenary Pack?"
Ravyn swallowed bitterly on the other end of the line. For a moment, he struggled to find the words, and when he finally responded, his voice was so raw and broken that Voren could almost feel the weight of his grief through the phone.
"Well, I held my pups in my arms before the Moon Goddess drained the lives out of them."
Voren's expression softened, and his heart clenched painfully. He had no words capable of easing that kind of loss.
