Emberwood The heart wants what it wants

@Reek @Arion @Gunnar @Ryker @Ivy @Oliver This is a one round howl thread for the members of the Rise to basically identify that they're safe and willing to relocate with the pack you can have your character howl once or you can have them meet up with Saena & co. for more rounds if you want to! I'm going to leave this up for a week or two before making any more replies so everyone has an opportunity to respond in the way they would like. If you choose not to post here, then I'll assume your character does not want to stay with the pack. Lone wolves that want to join up with the relocating pack are welcome to post here, too! Reek and Saena wouldn't turn them away and the pack is really hurting for members right now.

For two days and two nights, Redtail Rise burned. Reek and Saena watched the fall of their home from the safety of the Emberwood, both of them sober. Any attempt at light-heartedness only seemed to make the situation feel heavier. Thankfully, Arion had managed to get out as well and had met up with them here, but Saena didn't yet know the fate of the rest of the pack. Thinking about it made her sick to her stomach, not only because of the possibility they were dead, but because she'd failed them as an alpha.

She felt that way even though she knew the fire wasn't her fault. Being unable to howl for fear of scorching her throat wasn't her fault, either, but she should've tried. She knew that.

On the third day in the Emberwood, Saena slowly extricated herself from Reek. She stepped solemnly through the wood, her usual cheery disposition all but wiped out. How could she be even remotely happy? She, Reek and Arion were homeless, and who knew where the others were? She thought mournfully of Gunnar and Oliver and Wynter, and even the newest members, Ryker and Ivy. What if none of them made it out?

Deciding that she couldn't bear not knowing any longer, the former Redtail Rise alpha threw back her head and sent out a powerful howl, hoping to rally her wolves. Those howls she heard in response would tell her how many remained, and she would mourn those who were silent.