"First of all, I'm sending a patrol of the entire territory.  Multiples, in fact," Sierra said.
"WHY NOT SEND A SEARCH PARTY FOR DEVETH?!" Litta snarled.  Asu and Kayto tried to hold her down from completely going berserk on the Alpha.  She was still very unstable, obviously.  She hadn't been able to get past Dev's death at all.
"I apologize on behalf of Litta, Alpha Sierra," Asu said sorrily and a bit embarassedly.

"Fine then," Sierra said, to many's surprise.  "We'll send out a search party for Deveth."

Wait, what?  was probably coursing through everybody's minds right then.

Tibious laid his ears back. Why are we looking for a dead wolf?

Yawto picked Deveth up by his scruff, and pretty much dragged him back to his pack's camp. There were three other wolves there- a young dark gray and white wolf with a black muzzle, a tan and white she-wolf, and a white she- wolf with light gray markings. The white she-wolf sprinted to Yawto, who let go of Deveth, and Deveth fell to the ground.

"...Who is this?" She asked.

"His name is Deveth. He's from the forest. He must've almost drowned and washed up in the desert."

"But...Yawto..." The she wolf growled, "We can't take in outsiders.

"Aenima!" Yawto snarled. "I wasn't just going to leave him out there."

"You should've." Aenima grumbled. "If he drowns, he drowns."

"I didn't DROWN." Deveth growled. "I was THROWN off of Death Bite Cliff by my neck."

The desert wolves were suddenly silent, until the young dark gray and white wolf, named Aurrus, spoke up. "You...what?"

(You mean Lyria, right? :3 -pokes first sentence of Kupa's post-)

Sierra flicked her ear in a silent motion of 'just wait' to her confused packmates.  She turned to Litta and said, "I am sending a search party for Deveth and I include Litta and Litta only.  Be careful."  If she's going to be like this, then how about I let her have her way? Sierra mentally growled.

Litta's eyes widened in shock.  "Wh.. wh-WHAT?!"
"You wanted a search party, didn't you?" Sierra mused.  "I created one.  Now go."  She practically let out the last part in a harsh growl.
Litta couldn't deny the Alpha's orders.  It'd only make her more upset.  And it was her idea.  Plus...
Deveth was totally alive. [Yeah, in your mind, Litta >->]
She scampered off quickly with a glare from her Alpha.

Sierra then continued once Litta had left.  "Now, Asu, Kayto, Tibious, Kayna - I want you all to patrol the entire territory.  I want to make sure Adder's wolves are out.  We shall do this again multiple times throughout the day and for the next few days.  I want my pack to be safe."

"I was picked up by the neck and thrown off Death Bite Cliff." Dev repeated.

"By...who?" Aurrus asked.

"...A wolf named Adder. He was trying to kill someone I love, and I had to defend her. But he threw me. I only remember hitting my head on a cliff on the way down. I...just hope that my pack is okay."

---

Drazia sprinted off into the forest, away from the direction Dawn Pack's territory was. After a while, he saw two wolves, a female and a male. Probably mates. They didn't see him ,and so he snuck up behind them, and quickly killed the male. The female screamed in horror, but Drazia grabbed her by the throat, and pinned her to the ground. He sniffed the air, and could smell pups nearby. The she-wolf's pups. He smirked, and killed the she-wolf. He sniffed out the pups, and padded into the den. There were six pups, and they were all very young, so Drazia would be able to carry three of them. He picked up the two largest pups, who were both males, and picked up a female. He left the rest, and went to return back to Hati.

Asu, Kayto, and Kayna were ready to follow Tibious.

Sierra leapt down the hefty height from the ledge to the ground and landed on her feet.  She padded over to Lyria and asked, "Do you think she'll be alright?  Litta, I mean."

---

Litta ran towards Death Bite Cliff.  Deveth fell, and since he fell, he must've fallen into the river.  The river's current travels thataway, so he must've gone thataway, so Litta should go thataway.  Everything sped through her mind as she saw the Cliff's edge and a few bloodstains still set in the ground from the battle.  Litta set her gaze to the right, the current's direction, and took off running.

---

"Well, Deveth, we'll get you back to them as soon as you're healed. Go rest in one of the dens, it'll be dark soon anyway, and it gets so cold here at night. See you in the morning." Aenima said. Deveth nodded and padded into the nearest den. He laid down, and fell asleep after a little while.

Tibious lead the way, and trotted into the woods.

Kayto went up to walk alongside Tibious, Kayna doing her own little thing behind him.  He could hear her voice pestering Asu with questions, who, for the most part, just let her do whatever she wanted with him.  "So, which area are we going to patrol first?" Kayto asked.

Sierra sadly replied, "I know, Lyria.  That's why I'm worried.  Litta will never be the same.  Recently, her life's been a mess.  Her crush and mate betrays her, one of her two pups kills the other and joins his father in an attempt to take over the pack, and she has to carry the burden of killing her son and watching her daughter die.  And then Deveth... I'm close to positive he's not alive.  But if she's so headset on this, then I'm going to let her do it.  I've noticed that... she's different around him.  He was seemingly her only link to sanity.  And now that he's gone, too... Litta's snapped.  Completely."  The Alpha took in a deep breath.  "Deveth was a great Beta.  I wish he was still with us right now.."

---

Litta sniffed the air, but of course found nothing.  The forest's edge seemed to stretch on forever.  Her legs grew tired, and looking back, she didn't seem to have gone far at all.  Everything looked the same.  The Cliff to her left, foresty edge to her right, sand underneath her paws, blue sky above her head.  Same old landscape, same old landmarks, same old everything.
I'm losing my mind, aren't I?
The thought hit her like a train at full speed.  Maybe she was losing every ounce of herself in her body, becoming this insane wolf with no knowledge of anything, totally drained of her sanity.
NO!  I will NOT be like that!
Litta pressed forward at a medium pace, but her spirits were barely up.  The fact that she was alone wasn't so great either.
Sand, cliff, sky, forest edge.
Sand, cliff, sky, forest edge.
Sand, cliff, sky, forest edge.
Will I ever get out of this place?

(NOOOOOO NOT THE DEVIL PUPS -.- )

Kayto nodded and saw the trees and grass give way to sand up ahead.  "Good idea.  Hopefully they did leave."

Sierra looked up to the sky, as if looking at Lupus himself.  She then looked back at Lyria.  "I guess Tibious could become Beta.  I'll appoint one in a few days."

---

Litta slowed her pace and eventually halted altogether.  "DEVETH!!" she screamed.  If he could answer, things would be great.  But nothing was different, and she looked down the cliff and couldn't see a body - alive nor mangled.  Gosh.  This was going to be harder than she thought.
Litta went at a steady pace, covering ground yet not losing much energy.

Sierra growled softly, "He doesn't remind me of him."

(This is a really low point and I have nothing to say... )

(To when? :3

And how did the patrol[s] go?)

Sierra cocked her head.  "Maybe a smooth pick-up line, or just being nice and getting into a conversation.  Not being a jerk, and by pick-up line I don't mean something incredibly cheesy, rather something simple.  Comments, maybe.  I don't know, you can't really say anything to make someone like you back.  Love just sort of... happens."  She smiled.  "Might I ask who this wolf is?"

---

Litta had been travelling forever, it seemed.  The forest had dissipated to sand and dunes, and everything was hot and dry.  The Cliff itself became nothing but a river, which she knew would soon turn into a stream and then a small trickle and then, poof, nothing.  If it wasn't for the river, Litta would be dead.  Feasting on nothing or small animals and birds she managed to catch, everything was horrible.  And there was almost no sign of Deveth.  Litta had called for him many times, but all she had gotten was silence in response.
The river here was calm, and she decided to take a dip.  She also surveyed the other side of the river, but anything there would be gone by now.  Except... there was a small, caved-in sort of rock by the side of the river.  Inside was a piece of bluish-gray, long, fur.  It must've lasted in the rock!  Deveth would have washed up here along this shore!  It would have to be him!
"DEVETH!" Litta called.  "ANYONE?"

(Yeah, fur and a nonexistant "cave-rock" is my loophole -____-; )