Sleeping Dragon death by numbers

She expected the Heda to swiftly join her on the manhunt. Instead, Thuringwethil called for Freyja. On any other day, Wildfire would have seen the logic in this approach. It made sense to question the girl and get further details. Perhaps it was even fairest to calmly question the culprit too. But the Bandrona wanted the blood of the man who'd dared touch—and abuse—the pack's sweetheart, right this very instant. Wildfire trusted Freyja implicitly and so Goliath was guilty and as good as dead.

The yearling pawed and stamped at the earth, her impatience clear, as Dio arrived and, not far behind him, Freyja herself. Before the commander or Wocha could make any inquiries, Wildfire finally found her tongue and spat, "How dare he touch a hair on her head?!" Directly to the girl in question, she added, "Don't worry, Frey, we won't let him get away with it. I'll rip his goddamn spine out through his nose myself."

She pivoted as if to signal to the others, What are we waiting for? This savage impatience was not at all typical of her but Wildfire didn't even stop to think about it. As one of the Hedonakru of Drageda, she was judge and jury. As far as she was concerned, they didn't need anything else than Freyja's word via Wildfire herself. It was time to hunt down Goliath and execute him for his atrocious treatment of the pack's young.