Rising Sun Valley the power of voodoo (discovery)

Jinx said she would consider Pied's offer and though the dappled female knew she might just be saying that to shut her up and get rid of her, her only real option was to believe her. "We could make it work," were her final words on the topic, spoken softly but vehemently. Despite feeling very restless about it—every glance at Jinx's rounded flanks made her heart clench anxiously—the would-be Caretaker would let it rest... for now.

"What is this place?" she asked, aware that it was quite a non sequitur but who cared? Her two-toned eyes fixed on the hole where Jinx had evidently fallen into what looked like a bog hidden by ice and snow. "And what are you doing here?" Pied echoed Jinx's earlier query before finally giving her own answer: "I was at the creek, actually, meeting your Alpha, as you may have guessed," seeing as she'd known about Fox and all.