Wolf RPG

 Wynter had spent the last few days thinking long and hard about what would happen next. She couldn't stay here. Not anymore. She had no reason to. Nothing was keeping her here but the loyalty to her Alphess. Even that couldn't keep her here forever. 

Wynter was a broken hearted wolf but she deserved every last piece of it. She had broken Reek's heart when she left the first time. What made this time different was several things. One he wouldn't be hurt. Two she was never coming back. Unless it was to visit but even then she couldn't see that happening there would be too many memories here. Part of the reason she couldn't go back to where the sound had laid turf what was now months ago.


If there was one thing Wynter was sure of. She was going to tell someone before she left this time. So that they didn't come looking for her or worry. Not that they seemed to care much anyways. Wynter might just be doing this for some sort of closure rather than leaving everything hanging from a cliff. 

Wynter let out a howl calling for the white fae that ruled the rise. It was time. No turning back now.

"Oh, get lost," Saena told absolutely nobody as she passed through a clearing in the forest. Well, it wasn't nobody, but she was the only one who could see it: a polar bear, half-grown, lumbered after her. It was a ghost. Most frequently Saena saw this ghost, though sometimes at night she caught glimpses of others, though never had a wolf shown itself to her. They were distinct from real entities, almost foggy in a way. She rarely paid them any attention, having received no particular help or harm from any of them. The only one she communicated with (and only very privately) was the bear, because it was the one she saw the most of. Still, she had no idea what its appearances meant. They seemed completely random.

As she whirled around to tell the bear to leave once more, it flinched back and then faded away into the trees. Frowning, the alpha female took a hesitant step forward, only for a howl to cut across the rise and pick her out specifically. Frowning even deeper as she tried to puzzle out what Wynter might need her for, the pale female picked her way across the rise, leaving the site of the ghost bear's disappearance behind. Locating the former siren wasn't hard, but Saena did delay meeting her when she drew close, primarily because nerves were now fluttering in her belly. Did Wynter know about her and Reek? Did she know it was Saena who had ruined her marriage? No, she ruined her marriage, Saena reasoned when her nerves threatened to overwhelm her; I only took it for myself.

Yeah, that was a lot better when faced with the ex-wife of the man you've been screwing in secret.

"Hey Wynter," she said breathlessly as she arrived, hoping the other female would believe she'd been running (the real reason she was breathless was from fear that she'd been found out). "What's up?"

It wasn't long before Saena padded through the trees to where Wynter stood. Wynter gave the white fae a puzzled look as if questioning whether or not there was something up with her alpha. She decided not and that it was probably just because she was running. Rather than dilly dally around the point Wynter got straight to it. 

"Look, I don't feel I belong here anymore, what with Reek leaving me and all. I don't really have any friends here all the potential ones have left. You are really my only friend here but even you have seemed to be avoiding me lately. Why is unknown to me but hey. What can I do," she shrugged it off. She really didnt care for much around here anymore. Saean and Reek seemed to be growing closer by the minute. Was Wynter mad. No not really, a little jealous but Reek deserved to be happy. If that wasn't with her anymore then so be it. 

Wynter was officially done trying to impress people. Maybe she was better of alone. Even though she longed for pups perhaps that's not the way it was planned out for her. "Anyways," she started to speak again. "I'm leaving with in the next few days or so, probably head towards the valley. Maybe see if i can find some wolves to follow me. Start a pack of my own. This isn't anything on you, you are a great leader and friend, I just have no place here anymore and would like to do something better with my life than feel like I'm in the way being here," she finished with a small nod. There. Everything was out in the open now. She sat and waited patiently for the Alphess to say something.

She silently hoped that Reek wouldn't show his face that would make this a billion times harder than it needed to be. 

What Wynter said, Saena wasn't expecting. She'd expected to be a shoulder for Wynter to lean on, for the woman to talk to her about her recent problems, even if Saena was the cause of some of those problems. She'd expected to be a friend even if her gut was twisting nervously. But instead, Wynter came out with a confession that she was leaving, and for a moment, Saena was stunned into silence.

The rest made sense, but she wasn't sure she appreciated the guilt trip that came with it, so that was what she focused on when she was able to process it. "I haven't been avoiding anyone," Saena urged a little indignantly. She'd been busy, sure, and she'd been off with Reek a bit, but actively avoiding someone, well, that was beneath her now. It's not like she wanted to run into Wynter while sleeping with her ex-mate, but she didn't think she'd been avoiding her.

"But if you have to," she said in a resigned voice, "then I won't stop you. I've been there." Maybe not the part about having and losing a mate, losing her chance at puppies, and all that other stuff... but similarly, Saena felt like she wasn't right for a pack once before. She'd been right about it. "You can stay here until you're ready, and if things don't work out for you, then you're always welcome to come home whether you have friends here or not." Saena would never forget Wynter as a founding member of her pack, after all.

Wynter frowned as Saena said she hadn't been avoiding anyone. It sure felt like it but Wynter decided not to push it any further. What was more important was her reaction to the statement Wynter had just made. 

Surprisingly it was better than she expected. Saena even told her that if she found things didn't work out she was always welcome back to the rise. "Thank you," she said bowing her head. Wynter wasn't sure she was going to need to come back but it was nice to know that she had a friend in Saena. If Wynter ever ran into any trouble with what she hoped would eventually be her pack. She hoped that the white fae would be open to give advice since she seemed to be doing fairly well leading a pack.

"It's good to know I have something to fall back on if things don't work out. I also hope that if things do work out the way I hope them too, we would make good allies," she said the implied message being she was going to start a pack of her own and that she hoped the two wouldn't become enemies. That wouldn't be good.

"I should be leaving soon, I just have a few minor things to finish up and then I shall be on my way," she stated.

"I can't see why not," Saena said, though in reality she would likely defer to Reek on the matter of alliances. Between himself and Arion, the beta male had tactical knowledge that Saena couldn't dream of coming up with on her own. When it came to setting the pack up for success, those two could handle it far better than she could. Still, she didn't want to give Wynter the impression that she would be opposed to it because of her former relationship (and truthfully she would prefer an alliance).

"Take all the time you need," said the alpha, "no one will bother you to go." Saena would personally see to that if she had to. While the possessive part of her was unwilling to give up resources to a wolf who had no intention of staying, Wynter was still a pack mate now and she would be a friend forever. That was more important even to her.

Wynter nodded politely as Saena said that it shouldn't be a problem for the two to be allies someday. Which allowed her to take a small weight of her shoulders. the last thing she needed was to have enemies before she had even started anything. "Thank you Saena," she paused then continued. "For everything. For a home,your friendship, your forgiveness, everything," she finished with a smile. 

"It looks and feels like there may be a storm, perhaps I shall make my leave after that. If you don't mind. At least then I can make sure everyone here is safe before I dissapear. I wouldn't want to leave to find out someone had been hurt," she stated briefly looking up at the clouds. Something big was coming Wynter just didn't know what. 

With a frown, the alpha female looked to the sky. While overcast, there was nothing to suggest to the naturalist that a storm was brewing. The wind was normal, the humidity was fine, and everything was pretty calm and typical for a usual day. Maybe some rain, but not a storm. Assuming it was just an excuse to leave the area, and none too happy about it, the female grimaced, then fixed Wynter with her exotic gaze once more. Maybe all of her reasons for leaving the pack were just that: excuses. It was hard not to lose some respect over it.

Well, whatever. She'd already given Wynter leave to go and promised to help the woman if ever she needed it. As hotheaded as Saena could be, it would look bad to take it back over a statement about a storm. "See you around, Wynter," she said, frowning thoughtfully as she turned and headed deeper into the territory.