I was sitting outside, gazing at the woods when Airlia, Alita, and Mother joined me. "Hey," I say, waiting for the lessons to start.
Mother looks at me and says something in Fae Tongue and then translates it, "Hello, my name is Rieka Bellatrix."
I quickly grasp what she said and so I ask, "How do you say Rudina?" I repeat what Mother said earlier in my head, watching as she thinks. Mother answers and I repeat her perfectly. Mother teaches me the entire language within a whole day while Airlia and Alita take a week to get through half of it. Mother and I talk constantly in Fae Tongue and sometimes we switch to the original tongue of Faelandia.
Alita and I teach each other the words we know and I share whatever I can about Father and the pack. "Father is having a hard time finding prey to hunt now that the cold season is coming," I tell her with a sad sigh.
Alita hugs me and says, "Hey, I'm sure they'll be fine. Your father is a strong Alpha and his pack is strong-willed, they will survive the cold season. I promise."
A couple of months after that the cold season came and with it, my worry for my Father and the pack grew. I couldn't stop worrying so I paced and paced around the house with nothing to do now that we were done training. There was so much snow that Mother insisted that I stay inside with her. I couldn't visit Father and I felt like I was trapped and couldn't escape. Mother noticed how my personality went from immediate worry to anger and the need to escape. I couldn't stand it!