The Heartwood Similar vows

Heph let herself wander further afield than she had since Samani's death, at least further from the coast. It felt dangerously like being on her own again, and yet the desire to run away, to flee it all was not even a whisper in her heartbeat. She had feared that Samani's death would break Moontide apart, fracture it down to the core, and they did mourn, but none had cast each other aside and she did not think that they would. There was a home for her to return to and that was no small thing. So she relished the feeling of the earth moving faster beneath her paws than her eyes could take it all in and let herself breath deep the crisp autumnal air with no fear for the cold.

A familiar scent a familiar face and her tail wagged, she called out. "Dwin?!" Her steps hastened from an easy long walk that could carry her to new words to a trot and a hastened step as she approached, tail wagging a smile on her face in anticipation of seeing a familiar face once more.