Totoka River Mama, I need you

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Hemlock let out a choked out breath, shivering as she realized the enormity of what she'd done. She had left @Droman and @Reed curled up with Ceallach while she scouted the area. She wasn't going to say that it was a good idea in the slightest that they'd left the island and what was familiar to her children but she knew if they'd stayed any longer then things would only have gotten worse. There was nothing for them anymore and she had to make a choice for what was the most important for her children. She could no longer hold on to the ghosts of her past - not to Palisander in the forest, nor to Lotte in the Strath - nor even to Arturo, wherever along the way she had lost him. 

The red wolf took a deep breath as she scented the area and felt her heart pound. She knew that scent. She would know him anywhere no matter what the circumstances and took off on the trail as quickly as she could until she see the pale form of Tapat. She let out a low chuff, approaching him and immediately burrowing her snout in his neck. "My boy," She said softly, drawing in a deep breath. He didn't smell like blood, and it hadn't been that long but so much could still have gone wrong in such a short amount of time.

Hadn't she learned that lesson the hard way?