Blacktail Deer Plateau a bruise upon the silent moon

dante had not yet announced his punishment for taltos -- was there to be one? unsure of his apprehension, the beta shook aside the thoughts and gathered himself, giving the cold gaze of the other wolf a firm nod. he would not approach the caldera again, and bare his teeth in service of the plateau if fox sought to overstep her boundaries. peregrine had no factor in this; he had removed himself from sanity, in lasher's mind, and therefore was demoted as a beast of no note.

"what shall we do if saena is unable to return home for some time?" the ecru man asked after a moment. a runner would be needed -- but what would the message be? and lasher found he trusted no wolf. would the creatures of the rise, and the beasts saena had presumably left in command, be prevailed upon not to stage a coup in her absence?