Broken Boulder these frozen bones

brilliance spends most of the day searching for solomon (it’s probably more like the last half hour but nevermind that). after a while, she gives up and latches onto delight’s scent. hungry pulls at her stomach as her gaunt form trails along. she doesn’t try to catch up with him, remaining at a slow enough speed that their distance rarely shortens. the distinct smell leads her for a while before she realizes solomon is there, too. and someone else she vaguely recognizes but has no memory and then…
 
another one.
 
her blood runs cold. her ears pin back.
 
“ma?” she whispers—chokes—to herself. “ma?” she repeats, brows knitting together.
 
her feet finally kick into gear and she runs the rest of the way. the moment delight comes into view, she’s skidding into his back legs and toppling over, trying to right herself up on all four limbs. “ma? ma?” she starts, frantically, looking all about and counting the wolves until she finds her. her heart swells three times as big. “ma!”