Golden Glade Brick by brick.

She opened her mouth to correct Jocasta: they'd lost their pack mates to unrelated circumstances and their home to the rain. But then Towhee clapped her mouth shut. They'd lost Savaktuk, actually, and for a while there, she'd thought they'd lost Fennec too. And though she wasn't aware of it just yet, one of her own chiblings had washed away en route.

Even being unaware of that, the Sovereign's teeth ground together as she thought, Man, where is everyone?! She needed to make sure everybody had made it to the glade in one piece, let them know that they'd found Fennec but not Savaktuk. Towhee also wanted to see her family just for the sake of it. The past few days had been a nightmare.

Abruptly, she stopped. "Okay, Jocasta, consider yourself one of our comrades. Your first task as a new Firebird is to howl for someone by the name of Phox. He's your Regent, same thing as a Beta. Tell him to meet come meet us."