where'd everybody go?

Since she was already in the north, though she'd planned to visit possibly hostile packs first and she did not believe Menagerie to be hostile, she took the time to detour to the other pack that her friend had joined. She was startled to find that the relatively new pack's scent seemed oddly disjointed and lackadaisical. Had it collapsed already? Anyone with a nose could read the fading pack scents as much as she could, and the unscrupulous would know there was an opportunity to cause mischief for those now unprotected by a pack. She couldn't help but remember back to Abaven's fall not so long ago, and Kotori Fatalis' attempt to claim it. Her own refusal to allow him to build on the ashes of Abaven. She couldn't prevent someone from doing the same here - she couldn't lead two packs, after all - but she could offer her protection to those left bereft. Troubled for the pack and Mercury, she raised her muzzle and called out in a howl, tentatively for the alpha but mostly for whoever would heed her call and give her the news.