Horizon Ridge a new wind

first thread of her lil trip away from the sunspire~

After reinforcing the mountain's borders as viciously as one wolf could, taking care to eat a good meal, then a quick word to Jace, she had left the mountain behind for her journey abroad. The spring was mild, the days warm, nights just cool enough, and her itch to get out far too strong to ignore any longer -- she selfishly gave in, and loped across the flatlands towards the river that would guide her path towards the sea.

It had been far too long. The mountain had consumed most of her time over the span of recent months. Even now, it was still ever-present to some degree but she needed to get out. Even if only for a while. She had been a wandering wolf for so long, and those habits were impossible to erase entirely.. especially in one like her with such an eager thirst for knowledge. While the motives may have been for herself first, she would be studying and observing. There was much to learn and perhaps she may find gain for the mountain in the meantime.

She reveled in the openness, and of course, the churn of her muscles as she traveled. The months of the mountain had given her strength and now here in the open, she felt like a breeze over the new spring grasses. Certainly, her travels would be made in good time.

Her mountain sunk further into the horizon as time passed. She lingered in interesting places she encountered, flushed out a rabbit for a quick snack, rested when appropriate, and passed just along the buffer zones of both the Plateau and the pack she did not know much of -- Silvertip, not that she could call it by name exactly. All the dark alpha knew was that here, along the river she had traveled up and down so many times, the pressure of nearby packs was stronger than it had been many moons ago. She slipped on through and headed for the cover of Ravensblood's towering sequoias.

By the time this afternoon began to draw towards an end, she had made her way to where the forest climbed upward to give way to Horizon Ridge. This would be her base for a while, at least until she decided to move on again. Already she was thinking northward, possibly alongside the coast. But first, she could use a breather and the cloudy skies over the distance seemed to hint towards rain. She moseyed slowly, and carefully mapped the landscape underfoot.