Totoka River Now I'm on the outside

A plank? she thought, then decided he must be talking about some sort of sandbar or land bridge. Despite herself, she did want to see it. But Wildfire hesitated, squinting at him slightly. They had never exchanged names and he seemed particularly eager to get her closer to his home, which was at odds with everything she knew about being a wolf.

Her inner ranger and ambassador won in the end, though; she was curious to see this island pack (from afar!) and, well, she had no reason not to trust him, even though he was a stranger. "Sure, I'll take a look. What's your name, by the way? Mine's Wildfire." So you can stop calling me 'wench,' she thought with a twitch of her lips because she didn't really mind that much.