Ankyra Sound Half a league, half a league

The figure that appeared lifted Suzu's hopes for a moment. The first glimpse of silver fur had her catch her breath- only to have her heart fall when she realized the other wolf's markings were different, and that this wasn't Astera at all. It had been a shot in the dark, and she sighed softly, exhaling the breath that had hovered in her chest for a moment. 

"I'm sorry, I-" She began, but froze. 

Stelmaria.

"Wait, what?" She blurted, her tone almost accusatory. Her ears flicked back, flattening for a moment as she searched the woman's features. Bit by bit, she pieced together the few descriptions she had been given, and within a second, the flicking of her eyes settled back into the woman's calm, familiar eyes and her ears perked forward. 

"You are Stelmaria? You are Stelmaria?" She demanded, taking a step closer. Her tail had lifted in surprise, but now began to wave faintly. "Stelmaria Eyjolfur?" She asked again, hardly able to believe her luck. 

She might not have found the wolf she had been looking for- but she'd found another one on her list.