Stone Circle hold me tight or don't

The heavy cold had lifted for a few days now, the sky a thrilling blue. the snow was a shining expanse of white, where it wasn't churned up by paws and hooves, and the evergreens where startlingly verdant and glistening. Today, she reasoned; was as good a day as any. 

She howled for @Valette, sitting serenely by the borders. She had not left them, except to visit the surrounding territories, for months. But now that familiar and dangerous wanderlust trickled into her limbs, and the urge to visit Sunny and his pack. She missed his presence more than she thought she would,  and wondered how he fared in his new home. Besides, she was tired now, of being confined by fear and worry.