Wheeling Gull Isle seigeda

bc of the delay with the mainland trip and ana's decision not to come back, this thread has a loosely noted place in the timeline! more current than anything! aw but she's looking for caracal and judah <3 @Nakano @John

with @Towhee's help, with as much rest as they needed, though heda chafed silently beneath those needs, she and the children once more stood on the cooling sands of the landbridge. the waves welcomed them with lapping voice; heda did not think she had ever been so happy to be anywhere.
"@Dinah, don't run off again," she ordered. "stay with @Ava Amara. @Malakai and @Simeon, don't let each other out of your sight. no more disappearing," heda said in a voice slightly steadier.
with that, she turned and called into the wind, "judah? judah, i'm back! judah?"
her wanderings took her to sandstone arch, to the top of the greenhills. to the lavender fields, to the palm forests, the tidepools. to the summits of rock and the fissures in the earth.
to the still-reeking corpse of a washed-up sea animal with giant teeth, like the one who had almost taken ava. heda sniffed at its skeleton, and finding the faint tinge of caracal upon it, followed with dread-chased steps to the lion's den.
"caracal?" her shaking voice spoke once before she entered the darkness, unsure of what she might find.