Danilo’s Pov
Ten Years Earlier
I sit on the rock just outside of our cave, watching the females as they finish gathering berries at the edge of our homeland and head back to our cave, smiling at me as they pass.
This is my family, we are a Sleuth, a village, Three males and seven females, each with our own section in the large cave we share. Mahoney is our leader, he protects us, Farell is his second in command, and he teaches the cubs to fight and hunt, then there is Orion, Mahoney’s oldest son who has remained with our Sleuth against tradition despite reaching his Eighteenth sun a few orbits ago.
Here, everyone looks out for each other, the adults protecting and guarding the young until we are old enough to set out and make or join another Sleuth.
Like most bears, I’m not overly bot
