Blackfoot Forest What happened?

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The day Stark brought Amara back to Marauder's Keep had been a strange one.  Banner stuck by her brother's decision, of course, but she also decided to hang back and let the Alpha do his thing.  He was the one practiced in dealing with mothers and children, after all.  It was the least she could do to allow the other female time to settle.  In fact, if she were a betting woman, the short Beta would say that Amara was ready to pop any day now.  So she probably should have stuck around the Keep but curiosity got the best of her and she took off at an ungodly hour to head south.

Her arrival at the forest was without incident.  Banner ran most of the way, but she also took the last several miles at a brisk walk so as to not be out of breath when she entered the former home of Rosings.  Only a few minutes had passed before she heard a howl cut through the air.  Frowning, the dark chocolate woman decided to head back in the direction she'd come toward the former pack's borders.  Her bright green eyes narrowed thoughtfully when she spotted two wolves in the distance.  One didn't look familiar to her but the other..

She blinked.  Valette? she called out in a cautiously optimistic voice.  Slowing her pace, the lady Marauder offered a friendly woof in greeting to the charcoal female she'd met a couple of months ago in the marsh and her male companion.