Lost Creek Hollow the carriage ride

While Liffey and Rannoch were away with the Redhawks, Gannet was charged with keeping an eye on theirs as well as Lasher. His hopes had been to pay a visit to his family himself, but it wasn't his way to mind waiting. He could go when they returned, and continue to learn what he could here in the meantime.

His thoughts were there tonight, though, as he roamed the hollow's depths. He hadn't seen Raven in ages, and now he wondered if any of them even considered him family anymore. They'd never sought to reclaim him from the Moonspear, but Towhee he recalled not being thrilled in his choice to not return to them. The idea of family and pack being one and the same wasn't one Gannet practiced, and it had gotten him into trouble in the past before.

This inevitably led him to thinking of his new family, and almost mindlessly his steps turned to where Mona and Ashlar had taken to staying. He was quiet as he approached, not wanting to bother them, but it appeared Mona was now out and Ashlar away for the night. He drew up silently alongside the rock where she sat, but didn't break the calm.