Inna had wanted to give Lorcan the benefit of the doubt, that one of his excursions had taken longer than he'd expected. She knew he didn't always tell her when he was going on one of them before. She would notice when he would be gone for a few days but he always came back appearing outside the den first thing in the morning. He had not done so and as time passed she could do nothing more than accept he had gone for good. Had she turned into her mother? Would Oksana leave her one day and never return? Inna couldn't help but fear that would be the case with her daughter and often pushed the thoughts from her mind.

Was she angry with the tawny healer, more than she could say. The Raven had been a whirlwind of emotions in the privacy of her den once she realized he wasn't coming back. As she felt her daughter’s paws on hers she knew she had to think of her. She would not let a man leave her daughter once and come back, it was unfair to Oksana. She didn't deserve to be treated as such by any man including her father, it caused her to not want to tell her child about her father. That however was a decision for another day, today she had to come to terms with the fact Lorcan wasn't coming back for if Laike was coming to her she could no longer deny the truth.

She wanted to hear his reason for his choice of words and perhaps find something to give her some clue within his answer. Inna nodded in agreement, “I thought he would last longer here as he had in Whitestone, I guess I was wrong.” She admitted it before studying Laike for his reaction to his words. “I would have thought the same but Lorcan didn't have any ties to me besides me being his patient it seems. Had he told me I would tell you as you are his brother.” For their friendship didn't mean much either if he couldn't tell her where he was going. The change in their relationship since their night spent away from Hearthwood had to have been in her head as well. Maybe she had been wrong about more than just that. “Do you think it would do any good to go looking for him, perhaps he is injured?”

The Raven couldn't help but think it a little odd that Laike didn't know about Whitestone when it had been so important to Lorcan. “Whitestone is the pack that Lorcan was a member of before he came to Hearthwood,” she told as it could help in locating the Tawny healer, “Yes of course,” she added when he thanked her. Though she was now curious of just how much the brothers actually talked to each other she felt that Laike did deserve to know what happened to Lorcan since they were family. Even if she and Alek we're on bad terms she would still want to know what happened to him.

Going out to find Lorcan was something the Inna had been tossing around for a few days, well once she'd come to the conclusion he wasn't returning. She asked Laike's opinion but before an answer could be given Oksana decided to speak her piece. Inna found herself to be a little surprised with the Artemieva man for the way he spoke to her daughter. She watched the expression on Oksana's face and tried to not let her heartbreak after hearing that her daughter missed her father and wanted to find him. She gave a soft smile of approval to Laike when his gaze met her, “Laike is right honey you would help me a lot but staying here with me while he goes out to look for Lorcan.” The Raven would have rather went with the tawny healers brother but she knew she had to stay with Oksana. Her daughter needed her more than Laike did, “You will let me know if you find anything while you are out there?” She would need to know what had happened to Lorcan, good or bad it didn't matter.

With everything that had happened with Oksana and her pregnancy Inna and Lorcan hadn't had a lot of time to talk about their pasts with each other. Or rather Lorcan had shared little with her but she did know a few things, “You might start with Whitestone, a wolf named Piety. She was important to him, maybe he had gone back there. Then you could try Wild Rye Fields maybe talk to wolf named Askan, Lorcan and I both know him though I'm not sure of the exact relationship between them though I don't think it's good.” She explained when she remembered how the conversation had gone when they had met Askan's relative.

Normally she may not have been so free with the information she had given Laike as it was Lorcan's place to tell his brother. Since he'd disappeared and she was worried she had no problems sharing what she could if it might help to find her daughter's father. Inna knew Oksana was upset about Lorcan, most days she would ask about him. It hurt the mother that she could not tell her daughter anything and every Time she told her she didn't know her heart broke as the pups face fell in disappointment. The rest of the time the little black cub didn't seem to bothered by her missing father but Inna knew that wasn't true. She felt she missed him as much as her mother did but all they could do now was hope that Laike would find him.

She hadn't liked the idea of staying home. She felt she needed to be out there searching with Laike. Lorcan wasn't just the father of her child but her friend and maybe more too, she couldn't be entirely sure of his feelings but she felt things had changed between them. Laike was right though she and Oksana needed to stay home and take care of each other. Inna had only one request of the man before her. She wanted to know if he found anything out about Lorcan.

A smile crossed her features as Laike told her she would be one of the first to know. ”Thank you Laike and if you do find him will you also give him a piece of your mind for me?” she jested though she fully planned to give Lorcan a piece of her mind when he did finally return. He shouldn't worry her like he was and he most certainly should not have left Oksana. There was a lot that the ebony Baranski could overlook but leaving just wasn't one of them.

The mother nodded when Laike announced he should be going. “Have a safe search, I wouldn't want to lose you too. You didn't interrupt I appreciate you coming by it was my pleasure to help.” Once Laike had gone In a ushered her daughter back into the den where they could finish their nap. She hoped he would find something out about Lorcan so that maybe she could rest a little easier. She did wish him well on his journey for he was Oksana's uncle and she wanted him to see his niece grow up.