Emberwood The heart wants what it wants

Okay, let's make this a free for all. If your character would stick around to chat you can feel free to play in this thread, but not gonna do rounds to keep it moving because I can't commit to scheduled posting atm, so... Go nuts I guess! and nope, Emberwood is actually in RSV, just very close to SFT.

The longer she stood there alone, the more nervous Saena became. Even when Reek and Arion stepped up beside her, the alpha female fretted. She fidgeted on the spot, barely able to quell a worried whine from leaking through her usual composure, but then forms began to materialize through the trees. She perked up, wagging her short tail hard with relief, but she faltered when the first two to arrive were not from Redtail Rise at all

Saena knew Nochtli far better than Citali, but she knew both wolves to be decent beings. Citali was perhaps more forceful. She was conflicted upon seeing them but breathed a sigh when they announced their intent to help. She couldn't have dreamed any would come from the surrounding packs to aid them, but the pack that these two came from was clearly of a decent sort. They aided not only Sebastian, but the wolves who had stood against him. They did so equally.

She knew that was difficult. "Thank you so much," the alpha female breathed, turning to brandish her hip, where an ugly burn mark was stamped into her flesh. The escape from the Rise was a blur in her memory but this was the brand of a falling chunk of wood. Reek tended it as best he could, but all his stores burned down with their forest. Citali's attention would be much appreciated, and as she glanced sidelong at Arion, Saena hoped the Amazonian healer was able to tend them all without straining herself.

Ryker arrived next, proving himself resourceful even though he was new (she showed her relief at seeing him with a wolfish grin and a happy whine) and then out of the blue came Wynter. Saena fixed the female in her gaze, watching carefully for a moment--hadn't she left?--but then turned to Nochtli.

"There are two missing. A brown guy with roundish markings on his face and a dark-haired guy that looks sort of like Reek. Gunnar and Oliver respectfully." By the time she finished describing them, Saena's voice had taken on an edge of panic. What if they didn't get out?

She couldn't bear to think of it.