ELRETH
She and her mother had been back at the cave and talking for twenty minutes before Elreth registered what her mother was doing.
She'd made them each a warm tea when they arrived, but rather than sitting at the dining table as they usually would while they spoke, her mother had walked into the bedroom and pulled out a large bag… and begun packing?
At first, Elreth was so consumed with her angst over the fight with her father and what she now faced as a dominant Queen, she hadn't thought about it. But halfway through a rant about how the male elders were going to try and dominate her choices, Elreth cut off.
"—wait, what are you doing?" she said suddenly. She sat on her parents sleeping platform, plush with layers of fur. But her mother had changed into leathers and a linen blouse, and was stuffing clothing into the large drawstring bag she usually only used when they were travelling.
