Blackfeather Woods And all the roads we have to walk are winding

Rowan had new members to look after.
He was...distant. He had forgotten how to socialise. How to make sure his packmates were safe and well. It just shows how easily he could slip into a primal state, one which kept him from functioning properly as the alpha.

He had no one to miss. Not intimately, anyway. He missed Tundra - and missed Maegi less and less. After she snapped. He didn't know what to think...but he didn't want her back, just for her to be safe. and not alone.

He meandered along the border. Nose fixed to the ground. testing to see who had stayed. Or who foolishly left before winter.
He lifted his head at last and spotted a wolf. He must've been moving quicker than he thought. Or Takiyok was moving rather slowly. 
He chuffed, trotting up, noting the worry in her featured as be came alongside.
"What's up?"