Redhawk Caldera deliberation

Fox reacted much the same way he had when Elwood had brought Somnia's disappearance to his attention: with disbelief. "I've searched a bunch today and yesterday," he confirmed, lips setting in a grim line. "I haven't seen her myself since that day she came by and proposed the pack hunt," Peregrine added, an ear twitching almost pensively. "And I guess that's possible, though Somnia wouldn't just go meandering away without letting someone know. That would be incredibly out of character." I'm afraid something bad must have happened, he thought, though he didn't say it aloud.

"We'll keep looking," he continued after a moment, sighing softly through his nose, "though it's hard, with everything else going on." His lips twitched into a faint smile as his eyes dropped to the puppies wriggling around their feet. He bent down to lick Wildfire's head, then nudge Nightjar's side. Last, he nibbled at the tip of the youngest's ear, before straightening up again and meeting his mate's eyes. "Can you believe these little assholes have been here the better part of a month already?"