Winter rose

Vail begrudgingly allowed the bigger wolf to tousle the soft fur on her head, of she hasn't just reunited with him she might have snapped at his affections. As it was she managed to aim a little love nip at his chest. She couldn't have kept the corners of her lips from turning up if she tried. He wouldn't press his earlier question yet either, and have her the explanation she half expected. The news of Faun made Vail's heart hurt for the bigger wolf. She had not known his sister but if he held her as dear as Vail did Shaye, she knew he was hurt more than he let on. 

She didn't blame him not wanting to linger in the lands that brought painful memories. Her own painful thoughts of her lost family lingered as well. He seemed to skim over his time with the wanderers, though of all the places Vail might have imagined he went that seemed the most plausible. "Notch found you?" The little bird had already left the two of them, off to hunt or scout. Apparently he has a habit of reuniting long lost relationships and she wondered if he might find her parents too. She tried to answer his question now, about what she wanted. "I.. I hope Shaye and I can find some family. I haven't seen my mother and father in so long. They weren't here where we left them..." she trailed off, knowing that she might not see either one of them again.