Sun Mote Copse Werewolf woods wailings.

Something about her expression caught Phox off-guard, which was out of the ordinary. Normally, he could see right past whatever façade his sister put on, but it took him a moment to break through it. Something was wrong. Really wrong. He wondered if something had happened to Meerkat or Njord. Maybe that was why they had left Moonspear. Why hadn't anybody alerted him to any of that when he'd visited? He had a strong urge to hop right back over there and give them an earful for keeping him in the dark.

All these thoughts dissipated in Towhee's next three words.

-Caracal? We just saw him! What happened?- he asked frantically, knowing that the answer would be much more difficult to hear than asking the question. He didn't even want to ask the question. Something in the pit of his stomach became heavy with a weight that he had felt far too many times in his short life.