Her son's newfound friend seemed harmless enough. Willow Ridge was not a pack she could recall being familiar with, and as she cared little for the affairs of others outside her own pack, she would only place this knowledge a useful of knowing its location, should the need ever arise. Had she known the strong bonds that rested with the wolves of this pack and those of Whisper Caverns, she might have attempted to gain more information -- instead, at the swarthy boy's question, the honeyed woman give a simple shake of her muzzle to indicate that she would not.
Yes,
she offered then, as Orren pleaded with her. Her eyes softened as she studied her son, not understanding his need to socialize with those he did not know, nor would ever hold any true relationship with. But find yourself home before night falls,
she reminded him, leaning her muzzle down to nudge his cheek only briefly, lest she embarrass him before his friend. It was unlikely he would make it before the sun set, given they were hours from this place.. but she had at least hoped he would make an attempt to.
Her paws carried her away from them then -- and while she would not linger to spy upon her second son, she would not trail home just yet.. not until she determined Orren also had done the same, in a few hours. Instead, the she-wolf allowed her paws to drift closer to the direction of Sacred Grove, her heart aching with the desire to see what had become of her birth pack's home -- and hope that the pain associated with her terrible memories with it had faded over time.
sparking up my heart