Redhawk Caldera You don't have to be ruled by fate.

Hope it's okay if I join! :)

Elwood was conflicted over Eljay's disappearance, and rightly so. It seemed that he had made the decision to depart on his own, so on one hand, he couldn't fault the boy. He was a young adult and many wolves left their birth packs to chart their own courses in life. But at the same time, he knew Eljay -- the boy had never expressed a desire to explore or leave Redhawk Caldera; so what, exactly, had convinced him?

He wanted to go out and search for his eldest son, but there was something stopping him. If this was Eljay's chance to spread his wings, he had to let him, no matter how much it hurt. Despite this, however, he was spending more time than usual at the borders, patrolling and marking and keeping an eye out for Eljay's unlikely return. Presently, he had paused and was simply gazing out at the landscape beyond his territory, unaware of Towhee's distant approach somewhere behind him.