The Sunspire knocking on devil's door

I've also given permission to be a captive.

Leaf's hurdle over the big, black wolf had been successful, and she had even managed to take down Vienna momentarily, but it was as she was inwardly cheering herself that she was confronted by Ferdie Von Pelt himself. He was no longer the gentle "caretaker" she had met by the lake. Now, he was an intimidating mass of well-groomed muscle. She wanted to ruffle that pelt of his, if only to bother him, but she was neither brave nor foolishness enough to do so. His glare silenced her. Her self-concern vanished, however, as she realized she had not been able to protect Magpie, and she watched as several wolves began to circle the juvenile as if around a potential kill. Try as she did, she could not escape her captor. His experience along with familiarity trumped hers, and she wondered if this was what it meant to be an Alpha. Barking, she cried for Magpie to run towards Danica, who seemed to be their last opportunity of escape. Fox was no longer to be seen, and later if and when she were alive, she would ponder over such a disappearance and be tempted to doubt.