Blacktail Deer Plateau The show must go on [pack meeting]

Unlike many of the other pack wolves, Saena knew almost nothing of what was happening lately. The Blacktail juvenile knew that something had gone wrong with Junior's healing, but likely due to the stress it put on her to think of what she would do if Junior was ever lost, Saena hadn't gone to the healer's den. She'd instead taken to walking 'round and 'round the plateau, unwittingly missing her brother at several turns, although occasionally she caught his scent at the pack's edges and assumed he was merely hovering as he sometimes did. She also caught Tytonidae's scent at one particular part of the borders. None of these things were more important to Saena than her father's true abandonment of his kids (which was old news apparently). For a pack gossip, she was immediately out of touch with the rapid events.

It was therefore a mystery to Saena why Dante summoned the pack. It had been some time since their last gathering, so the white teen assumed that it was merely time again. Hawkeye and Peregrine had had frequent gatherings when they were Alphas, so it made sense that the pack would uphold that tradition. She couldn't imagine the incredibly good news that Dante was about to deliver.

"Hey," she said brightly as she swept into the presence of the Alpha and Beta. She almost sat next to Blue Willow but, spotting Junior, she made a beeline for her sister instead. "How're you feeling?" she quietly whispered, settling down nearby and searching Junior's drawn face with concern in her eyes. They lingered on Junior only a moment before flicking back to Blue Willow and Dante, her tail swishing attentively behind her. "What's goin' on?" asked Saena, unable to help herself, though something about the tension she sensed around Dante told her she would find out very soon indeed.