Phoenix Maplewood I never knew such reforming zeal

The alpha bobbed her head and similarly excused herself. Losing the scent trail troubled her more than she let on. Although she'd lost many scent trails in her life, recently she'd had more success than when she was younger. It was easy to get hung up on it. Saena forgot sometimes that she wasn't invincible and that things weren't always going to work out perfectly, a fact she ought to have been much more aware of by now.

She frowned as she pressed on deeper into the wood, and though she combed the ground for nearly an hour after parting ways with Citali, she was unable to pick up the badger's scent again. Where it was, it was not in this part of the forest. She eventually gave up with a dejected sigh and, having heard nothing from the burlier female either, decided to look for Reek instead.