Homecoming

Breaking away from her brother and family had been difficult, but oh how she had enjoyed the time she had spent letting the breeze carry her wherever it wanted her to go. She had drifted for a few seasons and seen a whole host of different landscapes and interesting things, animals she had never seen before, rock formations that she'd certainly have to try and sketch out to show her family what they had looked like. Still, no matter how much fun she was having filling her wanderlust, she still missed her family dearly and eventually that had driven her back to Boreas–only to find her mother along the way who seemed to be feeling the same sort of longing. It had been far, far too long since she had seen her mother and finding her on her way back to Boreas felt like a sign that this was the right move. She still didn't know if she'd settle back into a pack and if she did if it would be Ashen with her parents or Elysium with her brother–assuming he was still in the northeastern pack–but being back in the familiar lands felt good.

"I can see it!" she said excitedly as she glanced back at her mother with a grin, her tail wagging behind her as she bounced forward toward the Ashen border. She could see the distinctive lake just up ahead so she knew they were close. It was hard to keep herself from just bounding across the border to find her father considering it had been ages and ages since she had seen him last, but she didn't want to be rude to her aunt so she stopped herself with just some excited shifting from foot to foot at the edge of the pack's scent markers. Her mother caught up to her quickly and she glanced over to her as she leaned her shoulder into her and told her to call for her father. Ruse nodded eagerly and tipped her head back, letting out a howl to call him to them. Hopefully he wasn't too far away–she was impatient!

"Rusalka Alondra Klein"