Hope.
After Bel's return to the burrow, she slept like a log, all the fatigue accumulated washing away as her muscles and mind relaxed in sleep.
<You did great,> the omega licked Bel's face, warmth in its eyes.
<Are you coming?>Galen's voice sounded from the side as he called out to the omega. It was time to hunt, and she had requested to join them.
She gave Bel one last glance before following Galen and the others out to hunt.
Bel was left alone in her room, the only shadow wolves left in the burrow with her being the elderly, as even the pups went out to hunt, following the policy of the new alpha.
They didn't hunt on their own as that would be suicide, but were always guided by some betas who helped them take out black rabbits and a few mirror lizards.
The elderly were a few rooms away from her, unaware that she even lay there, the omega only leaving Bel there as she believed it was their home and thus safe.