Stone Circle Nurturing Panic

Illecebra's heart beat frantically between the period of silence where her question hung in the air and Valette's arrival. She understood Valette's calmness was because she hadn't yet caught Burr's scent upon theirs yet seem him missing but even so her voice was strained and short when she answered "They smell of him but he isnt here" she knew that it could be that maybe Burr had decided to stay in morningside a bit longer or maybe he reinjured his leg and had to heal again but then why the panic in the she wolf's call? That is what stirred her own panic.


Howl's presence was sensed but not given acknowledgement, her sharp eyes focused in on the she wolf as she spoke. Time slowed down and she heard her heartbeat thrumming in her ears, hackles bristling as she felt a crushing pain within her breast. Burr....attacked...split off....pool of blood... the words echoed in her mind and she took a slow step toward the woman, her eyes darkening and mind clouded by grief. "You saw the blood, you say a pool of it. And a trail. But you decided to come here? He could be dead now, a young boy is nothing against a grown wolf or whatever had the violent mind to even wound him. Especially not Burr....he's not a fighter." Or at least he hadn't been when she had last seen him. So small and curious, intelligent and already questioning what he'd be when he was grown. She hadn't seen him in so long....what if he forgot her? Did he know she hadn't abandoned him intentionally...or at least not really? Any menacing posturing she had been doing was dropped instantly as her flanks heaved with a shaking sob. She moved to Mawk's side and pressed herself against him, her eyes dull as she turned to face Valette. Where Mawk had stated it in a more proper way Cebra simply spoke in a quiet voice, her voice toneless "I'm going as well." This wasn't something she expected Valette to argue but if the alpha took it as a challenge then so be it, for in that moment Cebra wouldn't be commanded, she would find her son whether by disobeying or by being allowed.