It was early when they rose to leave.

Ellie was already up and looking east at the edge of their clearing when Manny stopped at her side. The sun wasn't up yet, not even a sliver on the far horizon.

Ellie took a deep breath in through her trunk. "You were right okay? This was a bad idea."

She'd fought him hard to let the kids go. Without her, they would still be here, safe, and probably complaining. He hadn't imagined this, though. And he didn't want credit for being right.

Before he could figure out a way to say that, Ellie kept going. "They could be anywhere. And, and, this weather… And if Bodhi found them, who else has found them?"

"They're okay, and we'll catch up."

Silence followed his words, and Manny didn't bother to fumble for anything else. Ellie was the one who was good at this, not him. And he was tired. Last night had been mostly sleepless, and he had a feeling it had been for her too.

"I'm worried about Bodhi too," Ellie finally said, which was no surprise. Manny had been more or less waiting for her to switch the topic to him. She turned enough so that she could side-eye him. "He doesn't tell me when he's in pain, and now that he's got a new thing to focus on…"

"I'm not above just picking him up, you know that."

"I'm not either, but we can't push him too hard right now. And I'm afraid that with all the uncertainty and stress I'm going to lose sight of that."

"Sabers are…tough."

"It's what makes them stupid," Ellie grumbled with a shake of her head.

"Yeah, it does," Manny murmured back. For as much as this impromptu trip had not been anywhere in his range of imagination when this all started, it felt even stranger now that they were about to leave. "I'll get everyone up. The sooner we leave, the better."

Ellie just nodded, turning back to stare into the far distance as Manny made his way over to the possums' tree.

It took about ten seconds for him to realize that there was no way the twins were going to wake up anytime soon, so Manny gave up and gathered them in his trunk and deposited them in the space between his shoulder blades. They'd eventually move over to ride with Ellie, but for now their snores resumed as they got comfortable in the thick scruff of fur around his shoulders.

Sid was still sleeping, but Manny knew he couldn't get the sloth on his back without waking him up. He nudged Sid's shoulder a couple of times with his trunk instead. "It's time to migrate again. Rise and shine."

He didn't get an answer, but Manny left it at that. They both knew Sid wasn't sleeping anymore.

Bodhi's spot was currently empty. He'd whispered about needing to go get a drink just as Manny was waking up from an unrestful period of dozing. The saber silently padded into the tree line without asking where the water sources were, and Manny hadn't been awake enough to adequately contemplate warning him that the closest place was one that he probably wouldn't want to ever be near again.

He could probably smell it anyway.

That was a while ago, and he'd probably be back soon. The back of Manny's mind also earnestly hoped that Bodhi hadn't decided to do any other things as he glanced over to where Ellie was idly eating a few leaves off one of the trees closest to her, munching discontentedly.

He glanced at the fire pit instead of letting that thought continue. "I'm going to get some water to put on the logs. I want to make sure the fire is completely out before we leave."

"Sounds good." She reached up and grabbed the twins from his back, holding them by their tails with a frown. "I'll have everyone ready to go."

He nodded and made his way out of their clearing and toward the eerie silence of the waterfall. It was almost completely frozen now, the water bulging in a huge, still wave from the top down to the jagged bottom.

Bodhi was lucky he hadn't fallen on the front side. Manny shivered.

He had to work to break the ice near the shore, and his breaths puffed in the frigid air. Finally, after about five hard stomps, it splintered, and he was able to use his tusks to push away enough ice chunks to reach the water. It was ice cold and he nearly coughed when it hit his throat.

He was not looking forward to carrying this back to camp.

Snow crunching to his left made him turn his head, and Bodhi nodded at him as he made his way over. "Good morning, Manfred."

"Cold morning."

"Yeah," Bodhi breathed out, a long puff of frosty white air trailing the end of the word.

"You found some water then?"

Bodhi's body was angled away from the waterfall so that he had as much of his back to it as possible. Manny didn't blame him. "I did. I was hoping you guys would be up by the time I got back. We're better off to get head starts while we still can."

Manny nodded, turning back to the water and pulling up as much as he could into his trunk. He jerked his head back toward camp, and Bodhi moved to walk next to him. His gait was steady, and he looked all around better than he had the night before. But injuries didn't just go away like that. The more he healed, the easier the pain was to tolerate, the more he could make sure they didn't know about it.

Bodhi didn't attempt to make conversation during the short walk back to camp, and he mostly stayed out of the way once they got back. Ellie was just telling her brothers to go and get Sid from wherever he'd wandered off to as Manny thoroughly soaked the logs and ashes of the fire until the whole thing looked like a blackened, muddy mess. He coughed from the cold, satisfied.

"It should be easy to get to the outer edges of the area. I can't guarantee the weather after that," Bodhi said as Manny made one last sweep of their temporary home.

"Good." Ellie nodded at both of them just as the sound of shouting reached them from the patch of trees the possums had disappeared into. Ellie face-trunked and lumbered after her brothers with a, "They are so dead," muttered to the general vicinity.

Manny just rolled his eyes and glanced at the lightening line of horizon. The slight pale yellow was flattened, a single layer of sky underneath an overwhelming arch of blue-purple haze. But it wouldn't be long until it burned its way upward. He wasn't quite sure how they'd managed to already get a late start, but this hadn't been the half-formed plan he'd tried to bait sleep with last night.

Manny glanced toward Bodhi. He was also staring off into space, probably thinking, estimating distances. Manny looked back out toward the horizon. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes, waiting to set out isn't a good idea."

"About helping us." He snuck a glance, but Bodhi's gaze was still on the sky.

"Of course. I owe you."

Manny scoffed. "You don't owe us anything."

"You helped me when you didn't have to. I would have probably died there if you hadn't. I owe you, Manfred."

"Manny." He corrected. He couldn't remember the last time someone had used his full name. "You can call me Manny."

Bodhi was silent for a long moment, and when Manny glanced at him, the saber was staring back with an uncertain expression. Until their eyes met. And then Bodhi nodded slightly. "Alright. Manny."

Shouting started up again and broke the moment. A few seconds later, Ellie stepped from the trees with the possums and Sid in tow. She jerked her head east. "Are we ready to go?"

000

This wasn't working. For some reason Peaches had reasoned that finding a mysterious hole somewhere in Merle's territory would be simple. She'd just stumble upon it one day. The pack members didn't know about it because they were too used to the area. Or they weren't looking hard enough. Or they just didn't want to get involved with a manic, half-a-snack, dinosaur whisperer (as Shira called him).

Turns out none of that was true.

Merle's territory was a lot smaller than it looked, and she'd made a complete sweep in three and a half days. That was it. All of it. And now she didn't know what to do.

She also wasn't sure what to tell Jackson. He'd given specific but vague directions to his packmates to keep an eye not only on anything out of the ordinary but also to try and notice anything in plain sight that they might be missing.

As far as she knew, Diego had no idea about that particular order. She wasn't sure what would happen if someone let the information slip. It was vague enough that he might not think twice about it, but if he went digging…there was a pretty short trail. And it all led back to her.

Well, her and Jackson. And Peaches knew that he was precariously walking the line between loyalty and insurrection. He was already having to serve a pack leader that wasn't his own and trying to balance the pack's normal routines with all of Diego's changes. And now he was going against Diego's wishes and following her off into an unsanctioned unknown. She knew he had more thoughts about Buck than he was willing to admit. She also knew that whatever happened under Diego's leadership would get back to Merle eventually.

Jackson was doing something he wasn't supposed to, and she knew he wasn't going to be happy about this newest, well, lack of development.

If they couldn't find Buck, they couldn't test their theory. He was the only one who could prove that dinosaurs were real. And that Merle had been the victim of an extremely dangerous possibility. Without him, this was all for nothing.

"Hey Peaches!"

"What's up, Peaches?"

Peaches waved at the animals that passed her, smiling at their greetings as she headed toward the main clearing.

At least this was all going well. Peaches had never had so many friends in her life, and she knew that Julian was basking in the glow of the attention of the other residents. He loved being the life of the party, and so far, everyone had been quick to embrace them. In the end, answers about Half Peak or not, everyone seemed to want the two of them around.

It was nice. It felt like they fit here.

But they'd fit a lot better if they could get this figured out. Jackson noticed her as soon as she stepped into the clearing, momentarily pausing his conversation with Cam to glance at her. A moment later, he was turning back to his third in command and saying something that made the other saber nod and then take off in the opposite direction.

Peaches resisted the urge to slump her shoulders as she made her way over to him.

"That look can't be good." He half smiled as she stopped in front of him.

"I'm so sorry Jackson, I haven't found anything."

"Don't worry about it, you've got bigger things going on right now." At her confused look, Jackson snorted. "Right, you haven't been around. Celeste, one of Isaiah's pack members, said that she picked up the triplets' scents on the far edge of the territory. They should be home by early tomorrow."

"Great," she huffed, her momentary relief that Jackson wasn't upset overtaken by dread she wished would just go away. It wasn't her family, it wasn't her say.

"It'll be okay," Jackson added quickly. They'd had this conversation a couple of times now, tentatively on Peaches' part, and Jackson was convinced that her and Julian would get along just fine with Shira and Diego's kids. But she still wasn't sure, and he knew it. "You should come talk to Diego tonight. They'll head out early tomorrow morning to meet them, and they'll probably want you guys to come."

"Fine," Peaches grumbled, not in the mood to try and argue with him again. Apparently their kids did this occasionally, so their returns weren't necessarily a big deal. So there was no reason for her and Julian not to go, which was too bad.

"That way it'll be over with, and you can stop worrying about it," Jackson added. "And as far as looking these past few days, I knew you wouldn't find anything. Wherever Buck comes and goes from, it's not around here. Besides, whatever the attacker was…it ran off east. I'm not saying you're not on to something, but we may need to wait until Buck decides to come back before we do anything else."

"Or we could try convincing Diego again."

"No." Jackson immediately shook his head. She rolled her eyes but didn't push further. He'd flat out refused to consider revisiting the issue with Diego, and while Peaches wasn't too keen on that option either, they were running out of alternatives.

"Yeah fine." Maybe if they could just get someone else on their side. Like Isaiah…

"I went to see Merle this morning."

"Really?" Peaches blinked, pulled out of an internal debate with herself over whether or not Isaiah would agree to help them solely to make Diego angry and if that move was too petty for further consideration. "How…how is he?"

Jackson hesitated, closing his eyes and sighing. It was so emotionally open and vulnerable that Peaches winced. He reopened his eyes. "I know that Shira has been dropping in to keep an eye on him and she said that he sleeps a lot… But I know my pack leader. He doesn't look good."

"Are you…worried?"

"He's not going to die from his injuries, but he isn't recovering as fast as everyone thought he would. I mean, he's getting older, but he's not old. That's the worst part of it. Whatever got him just seemed to…to take away a piece of him. Something feels off to me, but I don't know what it is. I just…I don't know."

"Jackson." Peaches didn't know what to say. Except to offer help the way Mom always did when she knew nothing she had to say would make it better.

"I think I'm going to be taking over faster than I thought I would."

"You're going to be amazing at it," Peaches said quietly. "And Julian and I will help you."

He smiled sadly. "That's not really the way it works."

"I don't care."

His smile brightened a little more this time, but the sadness didn't leave. "Maybe we should focus on finding Buck first."

He wanted her to drop it. She would. For now. "How long does he usually disappear for?"

"A few days. A few weeks. Sometimes months go by," Jackson said, but hurriedly added, "I heard from Leia and some of the others that saw him on the day it happened that he said he was going to do some checking."

"That's right, he did. Diego and I had been talking, and we were passing through here when he said it." It had only been about a week. They'd blended into the area so well, it was a little hard to believe.

"He probably left right after. Buck is a little all over the place, but he's also efficient. If his mind works half as fast as his body, we should be seeing him again pretty soon."

Peaches nodded, pausing for a moment to think. Jackson looked away, clearly getting pulled back into his own thoughts, probably about Merle. Finally, just as his frown had thoroughly pulled the rest of his expression down, she said, "I know you don't like this, so just tell your packmates to stop looking. I'll keep searching on my own."

"Peaches," Jackson moaned, focusing back on her, "Come on, that's not fair."

"It is fair, I'm not useful at all otherwise."

"You're not here to be useful Peaches, you're here because…Shira!" Jackson jerked his head to the side suddenly, the rest of his sentence cut off with the motion. He also took a few steps away from her, putting an uncharacteristic distance between them.

Shira had come out of nowhere and was looking between them coolly. "I'm sorry if I interrupted something?"

"No, of course not." A respectful, detached expression swiftly replaced Jackson's surprise, and Peaches wished she was so good at pretending like she wasn't up to anything that quickly. "Is everything okay?"

"Of course." But Shira was looking at Peaches. When she caught her eye, the saber's face twitched into what might have been a fleeting smile. She jerked her head toward the trees. "I think we should talk."

000

It was a lot farther to the border of their area than any of them had realized. The possums had walked for a while when they first set out, weaving in between all of their legs and scouting ahead with Bodhi close behind. But eventually they found their way up to Ellie's shoulders when it became apparent that it would be a while longer. Every once in a while they'd get back down to head up the group, but as the morning wore on that was getting less frequent too.

Manny was keeping an eye on Sid but otherwise let him have his space. They'd been walking for a few hours now and he hadn't asked for a ride even once. That definitely wasn't good. Not wanting to set a precedent for the rest of their journey, Manny hadn't offered when they set out. Now, he watched out of the corner of his eye as Sid trailed half a mammoth's length behind, slouching along and letting the wandering topics of conversation wash over him. He was simultaneously paying too much attention and none at all.

"So, did you scare anyone this morning?" Ellie asked as they walked, glancing at Bodhi with a teasing expression. On her shoulders, the possums leaned forward.

They'd been talking more about their neighbors and how it was probably a good thing that Bodhi was getting out of the area before they realized that their herd had taken in the strangest animal yet. None of them had really thought about it at the time, there'd been too many other concerns, but now it seemed obvious that the animals around them probably wouldn't have taken kindly to his presence.

Bodhi laughed once. "No, there wasn't anyone around. I can't believe how late everyone sleeps in around here."

"There's no reason to be up that early," Manny reasoned through his relief that his earlier fears had been unfounded.

"So?" Bodhi shot back, but there was a smile in his voice.

"That's what we've been telling them," Eddie said. As if those two didn't sleep in later than the rest of them some days.

"And what do you do when you get up that early?" Ellie asked, ignoring her brothers.

"Well…hunt," Bodhi answered a little awkwardly before pulling himself back together. "And there are patrols and scouting to do. We need to defend our territory. There's a lot to do in a day. I'm always busy."

That seemed unnecessary to Manny. Most of the migrating was over for the season. They'd never once had anyone, other than Bodhi of course, encroach on their area out here. And who would be dumb enough to wander into a saber pack's territory? From what he'd told them, his territory was pretty quiet. "Sounds exhausting."

"Exhausting? That sounds amazing." Crash scampered over to cling to the edge of Ellie's shoulder, as close to Bodhi as he could get without actually getting down.

"You're not a carnivore, why are you so interested in this?" Manny asked his brother-in-law. Both possums ignored him.

"Are you going to be pack leader someday?"

"I hope so." Bodhi glanced back at the twins. "But Isaiah's fairly young, he won't be giving it up any time soon. And I still have a lot to learn."

"I thought you've been doing this for a few seasons. And why would you want to if you're already so busy?"

"There's always something to do no matter what position you're in. Haven't you ever been in a regular herd?"

"Well…yes." Manny blinked a few times, aware that his family's eyes were all suddenly on him. "I was in one a long time ago, but then I left."

"Were you in a leadership position?" Bodhi asked casually, completely oblivious to the weird static in the air and the slightly laughable implication that anyone just up and left their herd like it was nothing, "You seem like the type."

"Um, no. I wasn't leading anyone."

"Manny just wandered around a lot and yelled at everyone to get out of his way," Crash added.

"He meant when I was still in my herd."

Eddie waved him off. "Sure, sure. You were probably the same then too."

"Did you not like it? I can't tell you how many animals have moved to the area because they needed a change of pace."

"I liked it just fine." Manny paused, glancing around at all of them. Even Sid had raised his head and was watching the conversation unfold with an understanding look on his face. "But this is better, no question."

"I'm glad you found your place." Bodhi took his answer easily and turned his head to face down the trail again. He seemed to catch a new scent and sped up a few paces to follow it, back to leading once more.

Once Bodhi was sufficiently distracted, Ellie took Manny's trunk in hers with a quiet smile. She didn't say anything, just walked a little closer and let the silence between them stretch. Going into the drawn-out story of his first family and his reckless, destructive impulse to leave what was left of those he loved was not good traveling conversation. And apparently he wasn't the only one who thought so, because the twins almost immediately chose a new topic and once again found their way to the ground to walk up next to Bodhi.

"Say what you will about the kids, but this was a good idea," Ellie said eventually, nudging his shoulder with hers as they walked. Bodhi, Crash, and Eddie were easily ten paces ahead of them, the possums once again doing most of the talking.

"Walking off into nowhere or nursing one of our natural predators back to health?"

"More like restraining him from continuing his own ridiculous, reckless behavior, but yes." Ellie nodded to the three of them up there. Then she turned her head to look back. "You doing okay sweetie? Do you want a ride?"

"Don't ask him that," Manny grumbled as the two of them slowed down and Sid put on just enough extra speed to catch up to them.

"I'm fine," he mumbled, not taking his eyes off the group in front of them. "I don't want a ride."

"Then what's bothering you?" Ellie asked in her best mothering voice, complete with the quick turnaround that was more of a threat than a reassurance, "Because I know that there's something about this that you don't like. Is it because you think Bodhi's not being truthful about where he's leading us?"

Manny had, admittedly, thought of that. He wasn't surprised that it had crossed Ellie's mind, even for as much as she liked him. But this situation was different from last time. It was more like it was happening in reverse, and he had a hard time believing that Bodhi had been able to think quickly enough to fabricate a story about passing a lone mammoth for as fast as he'd answered when they asked if he'd seen anything.

Despite his penchant for lying about his physical condition, he was sincere in a way that Diego hadn't been. At least, not most of the time during their journey to Glacier Pass.

Manny sometimes wondered, if he hadn't been so busy hating the inconvenience of it all and had actually bothered to pay attention, if he would have figured out what was going on before they got to the footholds of Half Peak's maze of cliffs. Maybe it would have all been different. Which still begged the question why some random human baby was the target of a saber pack. If him and Sid been the only things standing between life and death for the child, then something beyond an elaborate hunting strategy must have been going on.

"No. He's not lying. I can tell," Sid answered quickly. Right. Like Sid was good at social cues. At Manny's skeptical look over Ellie's shoulder, he made a face. "But I don't think that he's right for us."

"Right for us?" Ellie repeated, confused.

"Yeah, you know, for our herd."

"He's not staying," Manny added quickly before Sid could get too far with that thought. "Sabers live in packs, and he wants to get back to his."

"Duh." Ellie looked between them like she wasn't quite sure why this was even a discussion. Then she shook her head and walked a little faster to go up and see what her brothers were getting into.

Manny shot Sid an annoyed warning look behind her back and pretended not to notice, or be relieved, when the sloth's shoulders relaxed. They continued side by side with Ellie a few paces ahead, yelling at Eddie to stop messing around up there, we need to keep going! until suddenly a thick front of trees came into view.

The patchy tree cover that had characterized most of their morning travel fell away to scrub for about twenty yards only to be completely overtaken by huge, old evergreens.

They all stopped except for Bodhi. Oblivious, he went a few paces farther before glancing back and hesitating at their pause. "What's wrong?"

Ellie spoke first. "Is this it? Are we at the boundary?"

"You've never been any farther inland than this?

She shook her head.

Bodhi looked from them back to the trees. "Yeah, this is the boundary. It'll be a few more weeks from here."

"Weeks?" They all said at the same time.

"I told you that I moved fast. It still took time though, and with all of us, I estimate that we'll get there in two weeks at the earliest."

"This was such a bad idea," Ellie whined, pushing her trunk into her forehead in exasperation. "We never should have let them go."

"We'll find them," Manny repeated.

"They've got to be somewhere," Sid offered, his usual enthusiasm bubbling to the surface. "How hard can it be?"

"You know where to start," Bodhi added, looking between them. "You have a much better chance of finding them this way."

Sid crossed his arms at being agreed with but didn't show any further annoyance, and Bodhi was already looking toward the tree line. The forest was huge from the outside, sprawling, and already Manny felt a small twinge of fear. It was all a mystery from here, and the only thing they had to go on was Bodhi's limited, fly-by-night knowledge and general tracking skills.

Still, when Bodhi took their silence as the hint to go on and started walking again, picking out the barest of breaks in the trees to enter through, Manny knew that he wouldn't have turned back even if they didn't have anyone to guide them. They had to find the kids. There weren't any other options.

The herd waited a moment longer, glancing at each other, before following after him.

000

"How are you getting along here?" Shira started, but not until they'd reached a small break in the trees a hundred or so paces from the main clearing. Peaches had searched here too. Of course it had yielded nothing. Just like everywhere else.

"Fine. We're fine." Peaches answered quickly, trying to get a grip on what Shira could possibly want and trying not to let her disappointment in herself surface.

"Any problems so far?" Shira glanced back once toward the main clearing.

Peaches shook her head, trying to keep the annoyance out of her voice. "Nope."

"Good." Shira's eyes betrayed just enough to show that she didn't believe her. Just enough so that Peaches would know that. She had never been a good liar, and this was definitely not a good time for anyone to start asking questions. Especially not someone who had clearly been on both sides of conversations like this and knew what to do to make it go her way.

"Good," Peaches repeated, trying to keep her voice on the thin line between impatient and innocent. Just enough so Shira would know she wasn't going to be cowed like this without a fight.

"I know that Diego hasn't had as much time for you guys as he'd like, but it seems like you're getting along fine with everyone," Shira continued as if Peaches' attitude shift didn't faze her, as if she liked it. "Although, I haven't seen Julian around yet today."

That was because Shira was right and Julian had quickly made friends with just about everyone in the area. He was currently on his way back from a morning scouting trip with a couple of the sabers from Merle's pack. She'd devoted so much of her time to searching for Buck that she hadn't spent as much time hanging out with everyone as he had.

Now, she just shrugged, "He's busy…" Shira's eyebrow quirked once, and Peaches instinctively felt the need to add "…being social."

Which seemed to only make Shira even more suspicious. Her eyebrow lowered, but her eyes picked up a smug glint. As if Peaches had told her something she wanted to know.

Is this what it felt like to be led into a trap? Following along despite a growing, monstrous feeling of dread? Peaches knew she was missing something, but every instinct in her was whispering that it was already too late, she'd already walked right into wherever this was going.

It didn't stop her from desperately wanting to find her way out of it. "Anyway, that's it. Julian's fine. We're both fine. So you don't need to worry or anything."

"I see." Shira nodded, and Peaches could sense before she said it that this, somehow, was the crux of the conversation. "Everything's fine and that's why you're wandering around destroying my home?"

"I'm…what?"

"Everywhere I go in Merle and Brian's territory it smells like you, and it's all a mess. Are you sure that you're both fine?"

"Oh well…I'm…I'm not…" This was bad. This was so, so, so bad. Peaches knew she needed to say something, but she didn't know how. Why wasn't her brain working any faster? "I'm just…looking around."

"Looking around." Shira repeated without inflection.

"Yes." Peaches snapped, trying to pull herself together as unapologetically as she could. "I'm sorry if I bothered anyone."

"Most of the territory is empty. Merle's pack patrols it, but that's about it. I doubt you ran into anyone while you were out there."

"I didn't." Where was Shira going with this? Did she know? Was she just playing around to see how much she could get out of her before telling Peaches to stop looking for Buck? But if that was the case, it didn't make sense for her to waste time baiting Peaches into admitting it. Maybe Shira guessed, or knew something was up, and was hoping she could figure it out through context. Context that she was still searching for.

Peaches was so sick of being asked what she was doing and then told to give it up. And even worse, Shira hadn't asked. She'd basically demanded. That was not okay with her. "Is there a problem then?"

"No." Shira shook her head, but her expression shifted ever so slightly back to coolness, "Unless you have one."

"There's no problem," Peaches growled.

She just nodded. "Good. I'm glad you're having fun."

"I am." She answered quickly, hearing her own words in her ears but not completely sure that she liked their sound. But she was too angry to stop. "Julian and I like it here, and we like where we're staying. A lot. And it's great. We're having fun, and I don't, I don't know what you're talking about." Peaches took a few steps back. "I have to go; we have a lunch date. I don't want to keep him waiting."

"Of course, I won't disturb your plans." Shira stayed where she was, looking tranquil, "We'll be by early tomorrow morning to go and meet the kids if you'd like to come."

"Fine. See you then." Peaches turned and stomped away, feeling like every too-heavy step was just more proof that she'd somehow lost this fight anyway. She resisted the urge to look back, feeling a hardened thing in the back of her mind ache. If Shira thought she could scare her into stopping her search, she was dead wrong.

I noticed a time inconsistency while procrastinating and reading back through Chapter 14, so that's been fixed. The scene between Shira and Diego at the start of the chapter has been shifted forward a day to keep their timeline in sync with the herd's.

Thanks for reading!