She hesitated on the border that Fiori and Dragoste shared... or used to share. The last few times she had done her patrols she had noticed that the scent markers from Fiori's side had gotten more and more faint. Today she stood on the edge of the mangrove that used to be her home and all she heard was silence. Her heart ached with worry and she walked further into the mangroves. Where was Heather? Where was any of her family? What happened to Fiori? Her ears flicked back against her head as she started to search for any sign of them. Surely they wouldn't just disappear without telling her they were leaving. In her mind Fiori had always been a permanent thing. It had been the one thing she had always counted on. When she left with Ganta she had thought that if something went wrong she could always come back here. When Ganta created Dragoste she thought that if they failed they could still come live in Fiori. And now it was just gone. She whined and made her way toward her father's den. Talk Abbey Others

The brute had come home… to find it gone. His heart sank in his chest when he noticed how stale the borders of Fiori were… and after a brief discussion with Carletta they had split up to see if they could find anyone left in the territory. His blue gaze was full of worry… surely this couldn’t have just been because he had gone with Carletta to find the herbs she needed? A sigh passed Alfie’s lips. Why…? He wondered. Why had his family fallen apart? Where had they gone?

Alfred had come to a stop near Razor’s grave. His ears flicked back against his skull, his heart clenching in his chest. He laid down, placing his head over the grave with a whimper. “Where have they gone, Razor?” The young man closed his eyes. “I… I thought Fiori would always be standing…” He had thought under his sister it’d be around for years to come. That as long as an Adravendi held onto Fiori things would be just fine.

A familiar scent caused Alfred to lift his head. It was drifting to him from the direction of Dragoste; Roza’s scent. He tilted his head back, sorrowful song raising onto the air. Did his sister know what had happened…? Had their family moved to Dragoste when… whatever happened to Fiori happened?

It was a mix of relief and sadness when she heard Alfred's howl. At least she knew he was here and okay, but the tone in his voice broke her heart. She hurried toward him and pressed her face into the fur on his neck as soon as she stopped at his side without a word. She would have to keep searching for Lionel and Heather and their father in a moment, but for now she was just happy to see one of her siblings. She felt guilty now for leaving Fiori at all. Would things have been any different if she had stayed? Could she have helped Heather in any way? "Do you know what happened?" she asked quietly as she pulled back to look at him with her ears flicked back against her skull. She didn't know that he had been gone as well so she was just left to assume that he had watched things crumble. Roza glanced up hopefully to see if Alfred's howl would have brought any of the rest of their family to them as well. Most of all she was worried about her father. After all the years he had put into this pack to just have it gone... She frowned and focused back in on Alfred. Talk Abbey Others