oh making bad decisions

Dalila fretted and fussed around the den for most of the night, pacing back and forth as darkness fell and Siren was still nowhere to be seen. It wasn't entirely unusual for Siren to go off on her own for a time to visit the deer or get a drink or go to the beach, but she was never gone for more than a couple hours at a time. She had gone looking for Siren after a while, scouring the island for her. She checked all around the area the deer were kept, she checked the den that Chimera kept with Ali and Viper, she looked all through the trees and along the beach, but she was nowhere to be found. For a while she tried to stay calm, lingering around their den and busying herself with things while she desperately tried not to worry, but it was inevitable.

She barely slept that night, only drifting off when she got too tired to stay awake. As soon as the sun began to rise she was out looking for the delicate woman again. It never occurred to her that she might leave the island, but as she was strongly considering at least going across into Ashen's main territory to look for her and ask around. It just wasn't like her princess to disappear like this and the longer she was gone the more Dalila worried. She was trotting along the beach when she saw a shape on the sand ahead of her and after a few moments of squinting against the sun she made out the small, familiar shape of her lover and her heart leapt into her throat.

"Siren!" she gasped as she darted forward, kicking up sand in her mad scramble to get down the beach to where Siren was laying, almost tripping over her own paws to skid to a stop beside her. "Siren! Siren, are you okay?" she questioned between panting breaths, whining softly with worry as she started to gently rest Siren's head across her forelegs and pull her protectively into her chest, unsure of how badly she was injured so not wanting to move her much just yet.

"Dalila"