Cedar Sweep I went to blow the fire aflame

Finley was agitated as she passed into Cedar Sweep. It had taken her some time to find a safe place to cross the river that stretched between the Strath and the Sweep. She'd had backtrack to the South until the water slowed to a manageable pace. Even then, she'd searched until she found a place in the river where some debris had become caught against a line of rocks that reached from one edge of the river to the other.  This was where she had chosen to cross. This was also where a branch had slipped beneath her paw and caused her to fall into the river.

Luckily, she hadn't been swept away by the current and had made it safely the rest of the way across. But she had gotten quite wet, and she was not overly pleased with that. The forest was thick with shadows making it cool and dark in many places - quite an uncomfortable combination for a wolf who was soaked to the bone. As time passed, her fur dried, and yet the chill remained firmly latched upon her veins. She hadn't found any trail of Lucy or her captor yet, and it was that more than the forest around her that caused the shiver along her spine.  And the severe agitation, of course.

A disturbance in the forest (lol see what I did?) caused Finley to pause. She narrowed her eyes in suspicion while simultaneously sinking down towards the ground. It was highly unlikely that whatever was making this sound was the same creature that had taken her Lucy, but Fin wouldn't risk it. She crept forward as quietly as she could until finally, the noisemaker came into view. Her heart froze upon sighting her, but not because this was the wolf she sought, but because this... This was that one bitch.

Fin stood to her full height, staring curiously through the brush at Peregrine's.. was she the eldest? Well. Junior was dead. The other one was... What even was that one's name....... Well whatever. Peregrine's daughter from his first litter. Except this one wasn't his, was it? He adopted this one after his.. whoever... had died.....

Good lord, his family was complicated.

Long story short, this was one of the bitches that had made her recovery at the Plateau a real shit time. The girl before her was hardly a girl anymore. She was obviously larger, and there was age apparent in the lines of her face and the tired squint of her eyes. Or maybe Fin was just bitter and exaggerated non-existent flaws. Whatever the case, she stood still for a moment, torn over whether or not to approach. Certainly, this girl had no love for her and likely wouldn't willingly be helpful even if she did know something. She'd barley turned to leave when Lucy's little face popped into her head, and she heaved a sigh as she began to walk towards the dappled female, knowing that she would never forgive herself on the very slim chance that Peregrine's whatever-she-was might be able to provide even the tiniest sliver of help in her search.

"You're bleeding," Fin commented as she came to a stop within a few feet of where the woman had fallen. She canted her head slightly, pondering until it finally came to her - Saena. Her name was Saena. And with any luck, she had grown out of her self-absorbed sucky-ness.