Hushed Willows our time will come, too

Qilaq hears the call and for a long moment she does not move. She stares off into the distance, barely registering the summons from her caretaker. In one of her visits with food or herbs, Seabreeze mention a meeting and that she didn’t have to go if she didn’t want to. The other wolves would be there, which meant Lily and Oke-Anos would be there. And Seabreeze, too, of course. But it also meant wolves she didn’t know.
 
After a few seconds, she slowly picks herself up and decides to follow along. It’s the most she can do, at least. Qilaq doesn’t really know the lay of the land and she makes a guess from memory and the sudden influx of smells congregating. Her steps slow once shapes start to appear, focusing into wolves she doesn’t know. Tattered ears fall back against her head and she doesn’t go forward, anxiously scanning the area for the wolves she does know.
 
Seabreeze? Her heart beats heavy in her chest until she locates the pale wolf, watching her, and then searching for the other two. By then, panic has set in and she shuffles back, realizing she can’t do it and quickly she disappears back the way she came.