Being back in the cove wasn't as bad as he had feared it would be since he wasn't entirely sure that he was back to his old self. He had taken up a more normal routine and hadn't felt the darkness closing in on him since he'd left. He'd taken this all as a good sign that he might have finally beaten it. However, there was something not right in the cove and it bothered him. He knew exactly what it was the scents of not only Lunette but Moonshadow were missing or very faint across the territory.
After speaking with Des he’d gone looking for them both and had been unable to find them. He wasn't going to make the same mistake again, he wasn't going to just wait for them to find their way back or not. He had been gone for two weeks only to come home and find two of the most important wolves missing, this didn't sit well with him at all. So he began his search in the cove for any trace of them that could help lead him to where they might be. He wasn't going to lose them like he'd lost Des, he didn't want something like what had happened to her to happen to them. So he started at the borders with his nose to the ground searching for the place they might have crossed.