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Five days. It had been five days since Orin’s old friend, Sky Rhiannon, sought her our in Cour des Miracles to tell her of the news. Five days since she found out her daughter had gone missing. Five days without answers. Five days of worry, fear, anxiety, and bargaining. She was alright. Titania was alright. She clung to what little hope she had with every fiber of her being because it was all she could do to keep from feeling completely helpless.
Little was known about her daughter’s inexplicable disappearance. Sky had come shortly after the discovery, so she had little news to report despite the basic fact that the Alphess had just up and vanished. She had lost her pups, that much was certain, but where she had gone, or why, or what happened was still a mystery. Orin could not possibly just sit around and wait for news of her child’s fate, she had to do something, or at least feel like she was doing something.
A few action plans had occurred to her. Okay, maybe now a “few” but two. The first, begin asking around to see if anyone had seen her. After all, Titania was a recognizable wolfess and many would know who the Alphess of New Dawn was. The second plan, go to New Dawn and start tracing clues from there. The first plan would be the easiest, for she could ask all around the Court and then go from there, spanning out. But what sense would that make? Titania was unlikely to come this far… wait, was she? Maybe she tried to make her way back to Orin? Still, if she wasn’t in the Courtby now that told her she wasn’t coming. Also, all that would accomplish was to spread the word that Titania was missing, that New Dawn did not know where one of the leaders was, and that the pack was possibly physically and emotionally vulnerable right now. So, she started with the best plan: go to New Dawn.
After telling Mars the news, she left their daughter in his care and set out for the few days’ journey to see the Dawnners. She traveled in Lupus form, the form that she was freest to run in, and covered much ground quickly. Finally (and coincidentally) the dawn light brought the pack lands into view. The scent of well marked territory was strong in the air, and soon the mother was upon the borders. She hesitated.
Was she still welcome? Could she cross right into New Dawn as Titania’s mother and not be seen as a threat? She was uncertain. The pack would be on high alert right now and not everyone would recognize her. Though it tried her patience, Orin huffed a frustrated sigh and then threw her voice to the winds, calling for anyone in New Dawn to answer her arrival immediately.