Ghost Lion Crag The Hunt is ON!

@Shalon Darsal's not too broken. She just has a lack of closure with her former mate :(

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By the time the pair emerged from the Copse's treeline, Darsal could see the stars shining high above in the cloudless summer sky. Her burnt-orange irises shrank as her eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness. As they walked, she admired the stars above, a whirl of ominous wonder occupying her mind. Against the darkness of her pelt and the rich night, her fleeting smile could have been seen from a mile away.
When Shalon broke the silence, asking her of her former travels, Darsal turned her head toward the pale wolf, her shoulders swaying with each step. She pondered the question, abrupt yet welcome, for several seconds before returning in an intrigued voice, I was born a few years ago far north, in a tundra called Boli. The pack was just my parents and several litters of children. 
Darsal wasn't really sure how to go about saying her proceeding thoughts, but she did her best nontheless. I took a loner, Mako, as a friend — which the pack clearly ruled against, but I couldn't help myself. I couldn't keep anything from my littermates, so I ended up telling them about it. At some point, of course, my mother overheard our discussion and told me I could never leave camp again. I left the pack, then. In a voice like a willow's whisper, she added, I believe her exact words were 'I don't give two mange-ridden coyotes what you do! Just leave, you filthy traitor!'
Darsal took a moment, her to recover from the flashback of her mother's harsh snarl. She continued, heart heavy. Mako and I traveled south together, down here into the Wilds. We.... She glanced at Shalon, indicating her discomfort for the subject. We were mates for a long time — a couple of years, I believe. For that short while, we were inseparable. We climbed the swam through the deepest rivers, took down several elk, survived the worst blizzards alone — heck, at one point, we climbed to the summit of the mountain north of Alpine Lake. It's actually just a few miles away from here. Through this bout of dialogue, she grinned in jovial, yet wistful reminiscence.