Redhawk Caldera What happened back there?

Sebastian's greeting lacked the friendly warmth it usually held, and Elwood watched as he lowered himself to his haunches, seeming to be regarding him with suspicion. He, too, sat down, anticipating the serious conversation they were about to have. With ears turned toward Sebastian, he listened attentively as his companion began to explain himself, expressing confusion, hurt, and even betrayal as he spoke. Elwood agreed internally that he should have spent more time looking for Sebastian when he and Andalusia didn't return home right away, but he and the other caldera wolves had been healing, too.

"Andalusia told us to go ahead," he said, remembering the moment when she had insisted that he and Whip leave her and Sebastian. He had thought that he was leaving Sebastian in perfectly capable hands, but something had happened along the way, and Sebastian had come back a changed wolf. "She had the best intentions, and so did we. I wouldn't have left you if I had known something would happen. But...Andalusia didn't come back with you at all," he continued, his brow furrowed as he admitted a truth that he knew Sebastian wouldn't want to hear.