Ajihad could see how angry Amara was. He nuzzled her trying to help her at least cool down. "I understand. I'll handle it or get another dominant to," he told her. He would get himself and one of the other dominants to handle Storm. He padded over to Astrid and Shani. He wasn't sure exactly what to say, so he waited to see if they had anything they wanted to tell him. He was quite annoyed. The order had been for her safety. There were strange nomads running about, and she was injured. If the cubs could stay in here most of the time, so could a lioness.

Amara looked at Shani before she spoke. "Yes" she asked as she flicked her tail. Her blue eyes watched before they wondered over to Luna who was napping. She sighed before she looked back at the lioness before her.

"I just came to report that Astrid and I brought Storm back. She was a little...stubborn, but she is here now. And I will take the time to tell you how great of a job you and the other dominants are doing with all of these hard decisions you have to make. It can't be easy to choose something without knowing if it is the right thing or not. Well, I will be around if you need me for anything else." Shani spoke confidently. She couldn't wait to get back to spending time with Astrid. She was such a supportive and encouraging friend and Shani couldn't wait to find out how much they had in common. It was almost like having a sister.

Chaos thought he smelled a familiar scent. He got up and went to see who had arrived. "Lilacia!" he whispered. He padded closer. "Lilacia," he rumbled loudly. "Where have you been? I'm so glad to see you," he padded over to her and gave her a lick and a nuzzle. He backed up so he could look at her better. In a softer voice, "Where is Indigo?"

Lilacia smiled in reslonse to jasari. "dont say that" she reslimded, with a chuckle after that. Her ears pinned back as she heard the familiar voice of chaos. Shoot. Her eyes remained wide as she turned towards him, receiving a lick and a nuzzle in greeting. "chaos" she muttered. She knew she would see him but she had been dreading this momebt since the moment she goot here. "chaos s.. Shes gone" she hestated before speaking, unsure of how to word the sentence she was f9rxed to utter. She pulled her gaze away from chaos, simply looking at the floor.

Ivy

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Ivy followed Chaos with her amber eyes. She felt something inside her as Chaos asked about Indigo. She did not hear what Lilacia replied, but the lioness looked crestfallen. Did Indigo abandon her own sister? Did she die?

Ivy looked away, slightly annoyed at herself for being jealous. She instead focused on Amara's anger at Storm, who was once again rebellious. What was she mad at again? Oh yeah, the nomad left the cave.

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Jasiri

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Jasiri pressed closer to Lilacia sympatheticelly. He got a feeling she'll have to repeat that statement several times. But on the brighter side, this could help her to recover from this tragic event.

Chaos' eyes widened in surprise and he dipped his head. He licked her head not sure if he should ask for the details. "Were you with her?" he asked hoping she hadn't been alone. He looked over at Ivy. Should he go ahead and try to move on?

"a stampedge split us up, i barely got away but when i found her body... I was too late, i trvalled hear covered in the scent of her blood, chaos" she hestiated witb every word, every word she had to fight back the tears, choking every so often as she spoke. She glanced over to jasari as he pressed against her side, in doing so lilacia took a deep breath before looking back iver to chaos.

Tara heard what Lilacia said. She gave a low growl before she looked away. The young lioness had felt betrayed by Indigo when the lioness had taken off, hiding where she was for months, making the pride believe she was dead. Shaking her head she walked out of the cave and plopped down on her haunches as she dug her claws into the dirt. First, Tara had lost her mother, assuming her mother abandoned her, then Indigo taking off. Tara was still young, and had secretly hoped that a lioness would take her in and be a mother to her, but now, Tara feared she was cursed to lose those who acted like a mother to her. With her ears lowered, she wondered if she should run away.

Nyasi

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"Tara!", Nyasi said with surprise, as Tara suddenly left him. He did not hear what Lilacia said. He only studied her as he was confused where he had seen her before.

"Tara, are you alright?", he asked her, worried, "Has that lioness reminded you of something?"