Kintla Flatlands This woman is my destiny

It was unlikely that Saena's lifestyle would ever change significantly, but she appreciated the wisdom of Luke's words all the same. There was a grain of truth there. Maybe she couldn't fathom a life of living by the minute, but that didn't mean it wasn't the best way to live. Every wolf had their own way of doing things—hers was to plan ahead, to let her ambition guide her—and every wolf could learn from another's routine. With that in mind, she planned to give his strategy a whirl some time in the future, when she could afford to put aside plans and live in the moment for a day or two.

His question surprised her so much that her ears popped upright in alarum. "Yeah," Saena said immediately, followed by a hesitant, "no. Sorry. I don't really consider him family anymore." Even in the following month when she would visit Peregrine and apologize for her cold behaviour, she would never really call him "dad" again. It was a relationship they'd jointly severed. "He kind of left us behind and hasn't come around since, so... yeah."