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Such words were never truer, and Aurielle nodded to Torin’s response, then slowly let her haunches lower to the ground as she listened intently to his brief account of the events that had transpired. Relief rushed through her as he reported that his mate and children were all accounted for, and she beamed a smile down at Lili.

However sadness returned to her features as her eyes lifted back to Torin’s face and she blew out a sigh. “Most of us are accounted for. There are two that are missing for sure. Uncle Laisren, one of our experienced hunters—though he went missing before the eruption took place. And one of Gwenevere’s children, Geoffrey. So far, we don’t know if he’s alright. The rest of the pack was here in the lands, and we only felt the initial shockwaves and the occasional tremors in the Moorland. And the ash, of course. I don’t think anywhere in the whole span of Boreas or Auster have escaped that…”

Her eyes swept the grey lands around them, and she hissed through her teeth. “We may have to begin trading with other packs for some things. More ways to preserve meat would be nice. And I worry that raiding may happen. We were bolstered by a large whale carcass through winter, but the prey is so malnourished that I don’t think they’d reproduced well. Any ideas?”

Her eyes returned to her cousin’s as her ears perked, listening with hope to anything he might offer.

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