I dream of Polar night

The female seemed surprised that Charon would ask her why she was watching the stars. He didn't think it was very strange, considering she was looking up at them even though she did not think that her mother was up there. She explained that her pack lived far away, and when she did Charon wrinkled his nose in confusion. Her pack? She smelled of Ragnar, like others that lived here, but they never mentioned being part of a different pack. She even said that she missed them but that she could not go to them, which further confused Charon.

"In't your pack here?" he suggested, clearly confused. Then, as an afterthought, the speckled boy added, "Why's you here if you wanna see 'em?" He didn't fully understand all that happened to her, and wondered about where her pack was if it wasn't here. He knew there were Others that came to the borders occasionally, but he always thought that if and when wolves were inside the pack, they were no longer Others, but became pack members.