bouncy, happy, & loud, chickadee will inherit her mother's love of stories and her father's kind nature

following the untimely, abrupt disappearance of her sister shenanigans, chickadee went to find her and discovered a harrowing scene of another wolf torn apart by a big cat. after fleeing, injuring herself, suffering a fever with general malaise, she finds she is no longer at home in brecheliant.

after running away with antigone, the two grow weak with starvation and are separated by a storm. during this time, chickadee calls herself sorcha, and it is how she introduces herself to kivaluk of moonglow, who finds her later. she asks to be taken back to moonglow, where she is accepted by aiolos and questioned curiously by kukutux. ani and chickadee had previously made a childhood pack to marry stratos together, stratos being a son of moonglow and child to aiolos and kukutux. the moonwoman decides that the spirits have led the girl back and that she will remain under the care and guidance of kivaluk, firsthunter to moonglow.

chickadee heals in moonglow, sharing a den with the firsthunter. she starts to interact more with the younger kids and regains a sense of self. antigone finds his way back, and she convinces him to join moonglow, knowing nothing of his intense feeling around her.

she goes home to visit at last, bringing kivaluk along. there she discovers she is a big sister to frolic, glee, and callahan. ceridwin is infuriated to know that she's all right but let them all worry. the sisters have a deep discussion and seem to resolve things.

chickadee splits her time between brecheliant and moonglow. one day, kivaluk asks to formally court her. she accepts, and they continue cohabitating with interest in planning a future.