Redhawk Caldera There was a shift in the paradigm

@Elwood and @Elwood Jr are particularly welcome. :)

The caldera's Beta female had been missing for somewhere in the neighborhood of four weeks now. Although it was impossible to put too many resources toward locating her—what with pups to raise, a pack to rule (and feed) and winter approaching—Peregrine carved out some time today to address the issue. He knew Elwood, Elwood Jr and even Wildfire were beside themselves with worry at this point. The Alpha male shared their concern, of course, and he missed Finley's presence around the caldera.

He decided to drop in on the remaining Beta and his son today to check on them and see what else could be done and where to go from here. Would they eventually have to accept she was gone and move on with their lives? If so, when? And how? Finley had been with them since the beginning, since before the beginning. Peregrine struggled to imagine Redhawk Caldera without her. It was an extraordinarily painful thought.

And he couldn't begin to imagine how her mate and child felt about it. "Elwood?" he called out when he roamed close to the Blackthorns' den. He sensed that it was currently vacant, though he padded closer just to be sure.