610 words. WotD: Veritable.
######The silence was uncomfortable, which only further led her to suspect that the news that they were going to hear would be grim. Pack members filed in silently, some speaking for very brief moments, but there was no joy or lightness in the air. Princess offered a smile to Anu, wanting more than ever to leave a good impression on the second-in-command. She was Haven’s mother, and Princess did not want to have the same awkward relationship with Anu that she had with Mati. It seemed unlikely that she would, since she doubted that Anu knew the extent of what she had done with Haven (or truthfully, Princess did not even know if Anu knew about them at all), but she wanted to leave a good impression on the woman regardless. It would be important to her to be friends with Anu, especially if it did not seem likely that she would really be friends with Mati. If she did not get along with any of his family that was important to him, Princess doubted that Haven would risk his relationship with them to still be with her. As sad as the thought was, she thought there to be some veritable truth in it.
######Only one other being drew her attention as they entered the room, and that was the former Dahlian, Colibri. Princess turned to stare at her, astonished to see her friend there. Quickly, she corrected her stare so that she was smiling at the woman, remembering that she had seemed nervous when they had first met. The Haki woman was important to her, as she had offered her friendship, a place to go if she needed it, and had helped her get through her first shift. She felt a sharp pang of guilt in remembering that she had not even said good bye to Colibri when she had left Dahlia de Mai, and she hoped the older female would not hold that against her. Silently, she vowed to visit with Colibri soon and see how her friend was doing, especially since it seemed that she had a lot of catching up to do. Obviously she did, or she would not be so confused to see Haku’s daughter in her own pack again. Focusing her attention back on Savina as she began to speak, Princess decided she would seek out Colibri alone soon enough.
######She felt a sickening twist in her gut at the news that Savina delivered. Dahlia de Mai was at war with Inferni, and Haku Soul was now the twisted leader of her former pack. Princess did not know what to think, tears springing up in her eyes. It had not been long ago at all that she had ventured deep into Dahlia’s territory to confront her mother, and she felt sick at the idea that she had trespassed into war-surrounded territory. If she had been found, not only would she have endangered herself, but she could have brought danger upon the entire pack. She felt a thick layer of concern for those that she liked in both packs envelope her—Anselm, Alexey, Cercelee. . . If something happened to any of them, what would she do? Unsurprisingly, she did not feel any pain for her mother’s potential involvement in the war, but she was surprised to realize she was concerned for the puppies that had surely been born by now. They had two twisted individuals as parents, and were so young. . . And they were her brothers and sisters, even if she refused to acknowledge Tokyo as much of a mother. She hoped that they would be kept safe and away from danger.