King Elk Forest veni vidi vici

(Set 3 days ahead to reflect the walk back from The Heartwood)

Jaganatha practically leaked pride from his very pores as he strutted back to the forest where Vex was plotting her Dominion. His head and tail both held high over his back, and his nails flexed into moist earth as he walked, glittering gaze flicking this way and that until they settled on what looked to him to be as good a meeting place as any. Settling onto his haunches and assuming a regal stature, he craned back his great scarred head and loosed a summoning howl. With it, he hinted to @Vex Cruor that his search had already proved fruitful. "Come, daughter... We've much to discuss."

as vivaan has gone inactive, i've edited the post!

The call was for her, but Vex also sought out @Vivaan. She found no trace of him, and her nostrils flared; had he, too, abandoned her? She had hesitated to call him her mate, as well as give him more power within the Dominion — she was a solo ruler. She'd always been... Had this driven him away? 

She shook her head, letting these thoughts go. Her father summoned her, and she would go. When she arrived, Vex could see it in Jaganatha's gaze, in his posture, that he had something. Her smirk broadened, and Vex breathed, hardly daring to believe, "Father... Back so soon? Have you found...?"