and then everything changed

She was so intent on trying to find the scent of prey that she missed the scent of any other wolves at all. Corbie's gentle inquiry startled her. "Oh, uh," Fable laughed nervously, looking around as if she expected more strangers to start pouring out from the tall grass. She was a wolf who typically had a goal, and now to have nothing at all to work for... she was more than lost. "I..." My aunt is missing, my home disappeared, everyone gave up without even trying... At least, that's how she felt. She knew Corvus had tried to hold things together, but so many wolves were antsy with Theory's disappearance and they had been entrusted with so many children... she had been convinced it was the right thing to do, to send them safely home while they searched for her aunt. But it still felt like giving up. "I'm hungry," she lied. It was a bad, terrible lie, but she didn't want to lay it all out. It was too fresh and painful. "I'm hungry and my name is Fable, nice to meet you."