Redtail Rise Home we'll go

On her way back to the Rise's heart following the altercation in Dawnlark Plains, Saena passed by a fresh scent she hadn't smelled in quite some time. She lingered, inspecting the ground where Wynter and Reek had met with one another following Wynter's unexplained disappearance. She ought to have been happy with her subordinate's return, and she was, but there was a tiny part of her that felt like it was plummeting.

With Wynter back, there was no way the Beta would... no. She didn't understand why she would even have a thought like that, let alone actually admit that she was, even internally.

She pressed her nose to the earth and inhaled deeply, then set off in search of @Wynter. Even if she had a good explanation for being away—and even if Saena wasn't feeling uncharacteristically mixed about her return—there were things they had to discuss. Things that were important, like whether or not Saena thought someone who ran away from their pack was actually deserving of children, and where Wynter had gone, and why she hadn't told anybody. She had broken Reek's heart and left him vulnerable to depression when Smash left. The "why" was probably the one thing Saena would never understand.