These days she felt much more at ease away from the Thickets. There seemed to be an odd tension within Secret Woodlands, like something strange was building up, something ominous. She didn’t like it one bit! Flair was a practical wolf, she worked with what she could see, but her eyes told her all was as it should be: The borders safe, her brothers growing and happy, the pack stronger than it had been in a long time. But this, this feeling, she didn’t know what to do with that, and it irked her. Travelling out into the land helped her, she freed herself of that nagging sense that something was off, and just let her body take charge, trotting for miles and miles, finding previously undiscovered places in the vast regions of Relic Lore.

Her senses let her, ears and nose guiding her to nearby water, alerting her to grassing herds, or illuminating a fresh trail for a bit of sport and a good meal. Today that meant these woods, even denser than her thicket home, but without the warm atmosphere. The trees here were low and gnarly, branches reaching out like dark fingers, poking and tearing at skin and fur. But the fiery yearling never backed away from a challenge. Venturing into the forest, she kept her ears perked, nostrils flaring as they caught the faint scents of damp, moss and; Carrion? Sure, she liked a good hunt, but no wolf ever backed away from a chance at an easy meal, so she fallowed the smell, and soon she heard them.

The racket of her fellow scavengers told the girl that she was on the right track, though from the sound of it they would be fighting for the scraps; It had to be a big carcass for so many birds to gather, and make such infernal noise. She had to be getting close, but it was hard to tell, the further she moved in among the dense vegetation, the more still the air became, hiding the scent trail. So she went by ear, following the screeching and flapping of wings. There, the snap of a branch, movement in the woods. Turning another cluster of trees, Flair prepared herself for the onslaught of the birds, but instead she suddenly found herself face to face with another wolf.