Big Salmon Lake Sharknado

Peregrine jumped slightly when the raven suddenly took wing. His jade eyes tracked it as it rose into the air, then they drifted back to Potema's face. He found himself staring at her blind eye as she spoke. He dimly registered the names. Something niggled in the back of his mind but he couldn't put his finger on it. He knew about Sebastian's father by sight and description, yet if he had ever put a name to the face, he didn't make the connection now. Meldresi's name was similarly familiar, yet only vaguely. There was a slight and subconscious sentiment of distaste associated with both.

Potema made it very clear that Burke was not her father but rather her stepdad. "Ah," was his only comment. He was an old hand at blended families but didn't necessarily feel like swapping stories on the subject. "Do they know you're out here alone, making nice with rivals?" he wondered. Coming from another wolf, the phrase might have been a subtle threat. Peregrine didn't really mean it that way, yet the more he studied her face, the younger she looked. It was dangerous out here, even if her young appearance just made him less likely to get aggressive, personally.