Porcupine Ridge necessity

For @Taggarik

Terich-mir had gone and it left her heart with a hole in it – she had been unable to grasp his anger, and when he had left behind the pack lands, she had felt the devastation with her own ire at what had certainly felt like abandonment. He hadn’t stayed, to figure it out.. he had just left.
 
She had sought solace within herself – the heartache she had endured over the past few months certainly felt like a form of punishment, but she had not been able to determine what she had done to deserve so.
 
Brooding quietly, Capriccio was so wrapped up in her thoughts as she slipped forward along the Ridge that she had paid no mind to the changes within her own body – and the scent that permeated the air was one that should have been sought by only her newly acclaimed mate. Her stride was purposeful as she sought out Taggarik – her thoughts clouded as a tightness churned in her belly – something she related akin to nausea, from the recent displacement of her best friend.