starting at the end

Her reason for leaving her birth pack sounded very similar to Edy's, and he did not pry further. Sometimes it was just the right time to move on. Kennedy should have done it long ago, but he'd not the confidence to do so. Now that he was here, rising swiftly through the ranks and getting along with everybody that he met, Edy felt like it was the right choice. He had not been so sure when he had left his former home, but now that he was beginning to settle in, his doubts continued to wash away.

“Yes,” he replied, “I think you will find plenty of opportunity here, if that is what you are seeking.” Although he had not known it directly at the time, that was what he had been seeking all along. Now he yearned to have a family of his own, and he wondered if that was the kind of thing Bambi had been looking for. “What do you hope to accomplish here at the ridge?” he asked, wondering if that could somehow give him some hints as to what kind of life she hoped to lead.