Water dripped from her salt and pepper maw as she finished her drink from the lake when Chan's barks reached her ears. Her silver dusted banner waved behind her as she gave a few barks of her own in response. Turning her large frame from the frozen lake Moonshadow made her way back towards the communal den to meet her eldest son. It wasnt long until his agouti form came into view through the trees. Her tail picked up pace wagging behind her as she closed the distance to greet him with an affectionate nudge and kiss to his cheek. "Hello love, how are ya?"She asked smiling at him.

Once their greeting was finished the older she-wolf took a step back to allow her son to respond. To which he said he was doing alright though he wished that he could do more about Nori and Kip. Her silver dusted ears flicked back with sadness and understanding. "I do too love..." Thats why she had gone down to the valley to look for some any sign of the women. "All we can do is hope and pray they make their way back to us safe 'n sound." The aging woman explained her heart heavy. Nori was her grandbaby and Kip was her friend and had three pups missing her. And both had an entire pack worried for them.

The Eastfall pair agreed their two missing family members were missed very much. Though the conversation turned in a way the ebony woman hadn't expected. Her silver dusted ears perked up curiously as moonlight-colored orbs met mismatched counterparts. Her eldest proposed that the pack needed her strength and knowledge now. He explained there was no reason to wait for Aleister to call her an advisor. Her heart swelled and her silver dusted tail picked up its pace waving behind her. "Aw love, that's so sweet of ya! I'd love to help in any way I can." She replied, her salt and pepper maw pulling into a warm toothy grin. The aging woman always helped her pack in anyway she could, now was no different.

All throughout her life Moonshadow had never been the wolf to try for a specific role or position within the pack. Never ambitious or power hungry. She had simply wanted nothing more than to help her pack - her family. In the past that had meant leading to keep the cove strong, now it means being there for Chan, and Aleister when he reclaims the throne. Her eldest suggested that she talked to the triplets, check in on them since Kip still hadnt returned. She had kept some tabs on the kiddos but hadnt sat any of them down and specifically asked how they were doing in relation to their mother being gone. "That's a good idea love" the mother agreed with her own child with a nod of her head. She would see if any of them wanted to talk about anything.

A part of her felt guilt for not checking up on the children sooner but better late than never right? Had Chan voiced how he felt about needing someone to talk to she would have agreed with him completely. He didn't, but instead asked if she would like to accompany him to tell @Aleister of the new role she has assumed. Though she supposed it wasn't truly a new role per say, but instead adding a title to something she had naturally fallen into. "Sure, lead the way" she smiled in a simple agreement. She followed her tawny boy away from the lake in search of the Vuesain man whom would hopefully soon make his return to the throne.

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