Dragoncrest Cliffs If you're going to run then you better run fast

With each day, Chacal's heart grew less and less, as she came closer and closer to mourning her mother. Her disappearance had been one thing, but her prolonged absence had worried her. Chacal was past the point of being able to go search for her mother- her due date was drawing very near, and she knew it would only be a matter of a week or so before her children came. They were nourished by a heart which was torn between anticipation and dread. 

Valravn's call was urgent but she was fortunately nearby, and hustled along, her belly swinging, as she loped toward the borders. With each stride she hoped- and she skipped a stride when she caught sight of two figures approaching in the distance. She uttered a cry of relief as she carefully loped toward them, tears prickling at the corners of her eyes. 

The sea took- but also, it returned things to them which had been lost. She would count this, too, as a blessing. 

"Oh Mama, Mama, Mama!"" She cried, her voice breaking when she saw the wild look of her expression. She approached her mother low, with keening, pleading notes in her voice. "Mama, we missed you so!" She said, desperate to have her mother's terror disappear now that she was home, and with family.