Alpine Lake and so it begins

For @Aria -- thought they could start seeking out their fortune, lol. Minor PP, let me know if you want me to change!

With Dante and Osprey leaving, Constantine had felt even more unsettled than before. He refused now to consider thoughts of his brother – that Casmir had flung him aside so carelessly because the two disagreed with one another, and he had determined that he needed to escape for a bit. Deirdre’s decisions as of late were not something that settled well with him, but he was grateful to know that Emaleth had returned – perhaps, when Aria and Constantine did seek to claim land elsewhere, his pale sister would seek to instate her own littermate as her right hand and Beta.
 
So he had sought out Aria, coaxing her to leave for only a few days. There were no longer pups within their ranks – Deirdre would do what she wished to do either way, whether they were there or not. With the girls entering the adult ranks within weeks, it was time they sought to solidify their own plans, and so the dark wolf followed after the pale queen.
 
The direction they chose left him uneasy only in one sense – he did not wish to settle close to Silver Creek. He spoke nothing of this yet, though, and casting a nudge to his company, the fiery-eyed Mayfair released a gentle sigh. “Nothing feels right anymore,” he confided to her.