Duskfire Glacier Katinngak

After the funeral, Wayfarer had squirreled herself away once again. She wanted to disappear again, to take herself far beyond her birthplace and seek the solitude she so often craved, but Veteran's stupid face plagued her mind's eye enough to keep her from straying outwith his reach. She'd only recently returned - though headstrong, the flame did not have the heart to entirely abandon her littermate so soon after they'd reunited.

Still, she wished to be far enough away to make it clear to Lane that she wasn't yet prepared to welcome her proximity. The strain between them was clear to all who knew either, as was Wayfarer's unwillingness to forgive the numerous times her dam had chosen to remove herself from her life. She'd always come back, sure, but she had suffered through each absence. 

Thus, it came as a surprise to Wayfarer when her dam volunteered to step up as Duskfire's new Alphess. She had scoffed at the idea then and still nursed the crack in her heart at the insult of her decision! Why now did she root herself for others, when her own flesh and blood in infancy hadn't been enough to contain her?

She'd been seething over this for the hundredth time when a summons rose for she and her brothers. Initially, the girl disregarded the call by turning her face away. Wayfarer picked her way stubbornly in the opposite direction, easing her stride only as her conscience saw fit to remind her that her mother's faults did not extend to their pack-mates.

She expected to be the last of the youngsters to arrive, and was surprised to see only two of her three brothers on the scene. Her expression was neutral as she regarded Ensio first, amber eyes warming only for the moment they lingered on Veteran, then lifted with quiet expectation to look upon Issorartuyok.