"Yep . Well I can't . I will have to howl and then a wolf near the palace would run to the edge of his territory and howl and then so on and so forth till I get a response back to my question . Then the response would travel back the same distance it went . " He tried to explain how the howl worked to them . It never really occurred to him that they didn't have the same sort of communication as other species . 'How else would they get information from long distance?' he wondered quietly .
"What if someone doesn't pick up the howl?" Mally asked looking concerned . This sounded fantastic but there were so many holes . Lazren stopped and looked at her curiously . Her question seeming to have thrown him for a loop . He scratched his chin with his hand thoughtfully .
"Why wouldn't they?" He asked seeming to truly be giving this thought some attention . "It never occurred to me that a wolf wouldn't pass along a how… like… I legitimately have never heard of this . It's in our blood I guess you could say . " Lazren replied slowly, as he tried to piece his way to a conclusion .
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"Wait, can you send a how to a specific beast? Like if there is a wolf that I need to ask a question to, or get information to can you send it to that person and the howl carry to them?" Kyera asked a idea striking her . Lazren nodded after a moment of consideration .
"Depends on the distance . " He replied honestly . "But yea, I have done it before . "
"Okay so I need you to send a message to a Elder at the bazaar . Daxin . I need you to let him know I am well, I am trying to find my way home, I am at the palace, and I need to know what has gone wrong at home . " Kyera replied and Lazren thought for several seconds organizing his thoughts .
"That's a lot for a howl, I can't promise it will all get passed on . Here why don't we reword it?" He offered with a soft smile . She nodded more than happy to do whatever needed to be done to ensure the information got out . "Kyera, at palace, well . What Is Wrong at home?" He offered and Kyera nodded slowly . They would know she was trying to get home . It was a given and she had given Verone her word .
"Thank you so much Lazren . " Kyera's heart was still heavy and filled with worry but she held hope within . At least this way she would get answers on the wind .
"Alright . I will send this up . All I need you to do is wait patiently . It may take a bit for the howl to get back to me . " Lazren warned her and Kyera nodded .
"Okay . I will try and rest for a bit before I have to go back to the palace . I think it's time the Prince knows he can interact with me . " She sighs curling up next to Mally, who was still laying on her stomach .
Lazren nodded and went to the top of the tree . Changing form, the girls fell asleep to the deep, warm and mournful sound of a wolf howling cry . Kyera tried hard to rest, even with her heart uneasy .
Miles away there was a stir in the village as the Wolf patrollers heard the howl come up . The eyes of the warm brown wolf dilated as he sped his way back to his clan . There were things and keywords that required every swift wolf to dash for home . One of them had simply been barked on the wind .
"DAXIN DAXIN ITS THE HOWL!" The wolf barked at the main log cabin, nestled in the midst of the forest . The elder came outside instantly, his ears perked to the sky . Just then a wolf passed the howl along again . A howl of pleasure and excitement went up from his voice .
"Kyera, thank the gods . " He praised with a grin that slowly fell . "Oh Kyera love…"He whispered shaking his head . "Call the council together . Tomorrow I leave for a while . " Daxin replied walking back inside . The wolf cub stared after him confused by his words .
"Leave?" He asked and Daxin nodded as he pulled his leather jerkin on and laced up his boots . There was no room for error this time . The wolf had long ago mastered the art of looking like a hunter, now it was time to prove it yet again .
"Yes . I head for the palace come daybreak . " He replied stepping outside again and sending up his own short, sweet howl . After which he turned to the confused boy and whispered "there are some things you don't announce to the world . "
Chapter end
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