Pack Ties: An Elisade Short Story: Elisade, #1.5

By Ceillie Simkiss

Silas is a soldier in the Duchy of Wolvington. He is looking forward to spending three months of leave with his daughter and queerplatonic partner as soon as he and his squad take care of some particularly vicious wolves that have been terrorizing the duchy's forests. When his mission goes awry and Silas ends up in the hospital, they're all in for a lot of changes. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Foxglove Fiction
• Release date: Sep 5, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393610915

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Pack Ties

Pack Ties

An Elisade Short Story

Ceillie Simkiss

Foxglove Fiction

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Pack Ties

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Trigger Warnings

Mention of maternal death;

attack by werewolves leading to disability;

internalized ableism;

werewolf transformation in front of small child.

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Pack Ties

It felt like I had been squatting in the bushes for hours. My entire squad had been tracking a trio of wolves for weeks, and we had finally narrowed down the boundaries of their general territory. However, the actual showdown between us humans and the wolves was a lot less exciting than I had made it out to be when I’d explained it to my five-year-old daughter, Violet. Instead of actively hunting anything, it mostly involved sitting around and wishing I was home with my queerplatonic partner, Jackson, and Violet. 

Everyone who had spent any time in Wolvington had a healthy respect for the animals our duchy was named after. Wolves typically did their best to avoid humans whenever they could, but I’d spent my fair share of time hunting them as a Duke’s Guard. Many of the families around me raised sheep and goats to make their livings, which weren’t exactly easy prey for a lone wolf. If there was nothing else available, like was common during the long, cold winters, it made sense for them to try and get some food for the rest of the pack. 

Attacking soldiers, however, was extremely uncommon. This particular trio