Winter's Embrace

Kiela had agreed to meet Birna at the Marble Wash at the dawn of winter, and Kiela was nothing if not a woman of her word. It was rare she promised anyone anything, so if she said she was going to do something she meant it. And finding Birna again was something she very much intended to do. It'd been a long while since she'd grouped up with like minded wolves, not since she'd left her childhood band, and though she was wary about doing so she was admittedly interested at the same time.

How could she not be?

Tracking Birna's scent wasn't an easy feat with all the recent snowfall, but Kiela was determined and after several days of scouring the edge of the ancient riverbed where they'd first met she finally came across her scent trail. She tracked it doggedly until her scent was clearly fresh, not far from where Kiela knew a reindeer herd to be. Though she was determined, she moved carefully through the fresh layer of snow - though she'd grown up in the north and was no stranger to snow, still she marveled at how silent and still the world grew just after a storm.

Once Birna was within earshot, at least judging by her scent, Kiela let off a soft bark to alert the feline to her presence. It wasn't loud enough to signal to the herd that they were in any danger, but she hoped it was close enough to alert her acquaintance to her nearby presence.