Noctisardor Bypass That's what you got

She knew it was coming. The past few days she'd been more shifty, her patrols being shorter and more erratic. Could the others tell? Maybe. To a certain point, she didn't care. The ones who would recognize it would know soon enough anyway. It made her irritable, and regardless of whether he realized why or not she'd driven Spook out of the heart of the territory. Then yesterday, she didn't patrol at all, she moved away from the edges the territory. After the confrontation with Merrick, she wasn't keen on letting anyone outside the pack know. They didn't need the trouble.

It was time, and she couldn't sleep. In the dim early hours of the day she couldn't stay still, ending up leaving to circle the lake. It helped a little, but it wasn't enough. She'd started on another lap before tiring of that and veering off towards a copse not too far from the lakeside. Arbiter wound her way through the trees, looking out to the horizon beyond. Surely her scent would lure him over -- again, she didn't want to tempt the Bearclaw wolves if they happened to be lurking by being loud. After all, @Kaertok shouldn't have wandered far after she'd made her offer -- if he'd gone out scouting he was a fool -- so she'd give him an hour or so. Call for him after. And then if he didn't come by then, maybe she'd just find someone else.