Found sniffing around the prey pile, Nocturne was chased off by Billy and Soup and told to get lost. When the sun dipped down Nocturne came back to try again, and Larka stopped the other two adolescents from fighting her, asking her instead, "would you like something to eat?" In exchange for food, Nocturne begrudgingly offered to help hunt for her next meal, and Grimmor took her under her wing.
Nocturne waited out her heat outside of pack territory, not wanting to bother any of her new found family. Her days spent drinking from a calm pond and laying beneath the shade of tall cedars was interrupted by a handsome other. She came back pregnant, and Larka welcomed her four new pups with a smile, "they're beautiful, Nocturne..."