Dragoncrest Cliffs get haunted

He must've been looking for her, otherwise why else would he be here, calling her name? Nonetheless, Haunt wasn't sure what Vex would make of her once they reunited. She couldn't be sure how long she'd been gone but with their family history, she'd already resigned herself to the fact her mother and siblings would surely assume her a deserter and traitor like Kaertok.

But Vex made a joke once they neared each other. This gave her hope. Tentatively, she reached out to touch her muzzle to the side of his neck, drawing in his familiar scent. She could feel the harsh breaths tearing in and out of his throat and her own quaking legs gave out again, causing her to press closer against him.

"I'm okay," she reassured, though it wasn't necessarily true. Vex could probably take one look at her and see she was in a bad way, though Haunt rushed to explain, "Artemis led me to Kaertok. And then I got the worst headache of all. He brought me here. I was really out of it until the other day. I wanted to get home but the blizzard..."

She began trembling somewhere in there and, ignoring her own weakness, she slung a foreleg around her brother, tugging the two of them all the closer. "I swear I didn't leave on purpose," Haunt whispered in his ear, the most important words of all.