Alexey had been gone for days now, and Umbra was just as hard to track down. Left to her own devices, Adelaida had gotten herself into a few rather sticky situations, most notably her showdown with one of the newer pack’s leader. The two year old had shoved the memories to the back of her mind, not quite sure what to do with them. Why had she acted so horribly? Sure, the female was a coyote, but that didn’t mean she had to go looking for trouble. And yet, when she had stood before the coyote female, Ade hadn’t really been able to control her own mouth. Every horrible thing she had ever though about the coyotes wanted to surface all at once, and now she had made yet another enemy. Aside from the big clash between her and the strange female, she had a near run in with a bear, and although she had turned tail at the sight of the grizzly, that encounter left her heart pumping more than the nasty words exchanged with the coyote.
And now she was wandering, unsure of what to really do with herself. The day had been broken up by rainstorms, and yet since morning Adelaida hadn’t quite moving. Consequently her legs, which were normally covered by her rich chocolate fur up past her knees in a mockery of boots, were covered in a grimy layer of mud. The cream colored fur along the rest of her body was spotted her and there with dirt that had splashed back up from puddles she rushed though, and it was wet and matted close to her body. Her eyes, however, would be as bright and brilliant as ever if not for the slightly confused and dazed look she wore. By mid afternoon she had wandered quite a ways away from where she normally stayed, the coastlines to the south, primarily the shattered coast. Adelaida hadn’t been sure where she was headed, although when she finally stopped for a break she did recognize the area. It was near the two human towns that still stood, she had played in them a few times as a child. But now there was a pack here, wasn’t there? Adelaida was sure that the lands were claimed, and yet, similarly to how she could not keep her mouth closed in deference to the coyote, she could not keep her feet from moving forward, towards the buildings that loomed ahead.
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