Fendros gave a firm nod. "I'll tell the others," he responded at a similar volume. As Meesei left, he turned to Ahnasha and gave her a quick kiss. "Hungry?"

The morning that Meesei woke up to was positively bustling. There were people carrying cloaks and coats in piles in their arms, shouldering around in the corridors. The main chamber was changed from a hodgepodge of packs training to a large scale, organised response. Evenly spaced throughout about a third of the dais were neatly piled articles of fur clothing. They varied in number in the piles, but by the length and breadth so far, they would eventually serve to accommodate all the packs for the clan. While most were arraying the clothing, others were herding the children of the clan in one corner. Adults were speaking to the older children, sounding as if they were being briefed to take responsibility for the night. They looked just young enough to not be transforming yet. Behind the children, about three visibly pregnant women were sitting on seats behind them.

Meesei would not see any of the lieutenants here, but her job was made easy as she found them gathered around a table in the dining hall. They all appeared to be standing over a map drawn on a hide. With Oswall was running his finger along certain lines that were hard to see from this distance, but quickly revealed themselves to be depicting the wider wilderness around the town of Bruma. Another two people joined the council; a large Redguard and small but wide wood elf. They seemed familiar.

Looking up from the map, Vera was the first to notice Meesei's approach. She waved and spoke up to welcome her. "Good morning champion. We're sorry we didn't have time to fill you in on what we do for the full moons. We were just diving up the hunting grounds."

Darahil glanced to the two new people at the table and gestured to them. "This is Xander and Tariam. They are Harriet's alphas. They have agreed to help organise Harriet's packs for this hunt."

Xander and Tariam nodded, but didn't say anything. They were visibly uncomfortable around Meesei.

"If you haven't had breakfast yet, you had best find something." Vera suggested in an urging tone without sounding too forceful, "You'll need to know where your pack can hunt tonight and we might need your help keeping order. We haven't done this without a clan head before."