Winter was not being kind to Taviora. Snow blanketed the forest thickly once again via blizzards and many of her wolves were staying huddled in thicker parts of the forest or in their dens. Zelda however, knew that she, along with other wolves that kept an eye on the border were out and about. The snow thankfully was light and easy, even for her slender figure, to path through, her paws finding the familiar trail of the border. Now and then she would see another wolf from her home along the way. Things were okay, there was still a lot of prey for them and things, with the new alpha of Iromar set seemed to be at peace once again, not just for Taviora, but for all of Moladion. Zelda had seen the new Monarch of Iromar during the festival. She had came and introduced herself, but they didn’t have any time to talk unfortunately. With the gathering and everything going on it was difficult to have one on one talks, though it was one she greatly wanted soon. She got a lot of information from the fleeing wolf from Iromar when she had taken over, that Blackthorne was just… gone… the wolf he had left in charge was still around though, but other than that Zelda and her informant didn’t know much more. She wondered how the new queen was fairing. If the members were happier, if she was happy and what she was like and wanted to do.

A lot of questions rested on Zelda’s mind about the new wolfess in charge, but she also didn’t have time to wander from her forest as of late. The weather made it hard and often times after just the border patrol she was worn from the day. She wanted her pack to rest, while she pulled the hard rounds in this weather. So out here she was, but thankfully, it seemed as though as she was about to get her talk anyway. The call caught her off guard. Her head lifted and turned in the direction of the unfamiliar howl and soon her paws followed. She wasn’t the graceful creature she normally was passing through the forest, instead she was leaping and pushing her way through the forest and the snow that had built up around the trees. Some moments she would have respite from the deep snow, but normally it came mid way up her legs, and sometimes even to her chest, leaving the feathering on the backs of her legs caked with mini snowballs, along with the long flowing fur under her chest. It left her looking far less the ‘Goddess of the Forest’ that was her title and more of a auburn snow shark just trying to get through everything and to her caller.

It was because of that she was a little longer to the call than she wished she would have been. Her body was heating up quickly with the movement, but thankfully she did have stamina to keep her breathing mostly even. Snow even now squalled above the trees, and they creaked and groaned now and then from the weight of the snow. Who Zelda made out between the trees though surprised her, it was none other than the new Queen herself on her borders. A tired smile set upon the wolfess’s maw her tail waved as she finished closing the distance, shaking off all the excess snow she could before looking up at the taller, larger, and older wolfess before her.

”Hello, and welcome to Taviora. It is Avery, correct? I apologize for not getting to talk more and formally speak when we had met in fall. My name is Zelda, what can I do for you?.” She spoke lightly her tones airy and bright as her nature. Her teal eyes were gentle and were a stark contrast to the bright fiery ones of the wolfess before her, but Zelda had hope that this wolfess would be just the thing that Iromar needed to heal and become the place Pine had wanted it to be. It was just too bad the small family was gone and wouldn’t be able to see it for themselves.