Greatwater Lake Sawyer, you're going out a youngster

Saena's sidestep morphed into a more direct approach as "Fox" came nearer and she anticipated an assault. The bristle of her coat only intensified with every step her nemesis made. She was about to peel back her lips and snarl when the scents of both Peregrine and Fox became evident, but instead of charging her as Saena expected, "Fox" approached the water cautiously. She then dropped her haunches to the ground, causing the maplewood female to stop and squint.

That had to be Fox, there was no other wolf in the wilds that looked like that... Except...

No, she was wrong. Though she'd mostly forgotten the events leading up to meeting her half-siblings, Saena remembered how they looked, or at least how this one looked. She couldn't possibly forget, not really. Not with the surge of hatred she'd first felt upon seeing Fox's lookalike. She didn't remember the kid's name, but she was unmistakeable with her black tail and snout otherwise, leaving Saena feeling kind of foolish about seeing Fox in her.

But why feel foolish? Wildfire was a member of Redhawk Caldera, an enemy and a threat who no doubt ate up the lies her mother told her about Saena and her kin, supposing there were lies to begin with. She was also young, an easy target. Saena could eliminate her right now, finish the job her sister had started, but though the thought crossed her mind, Saena couldn't will her feet to move. No matter how hard a blow she wished to deal to her adoptive father and his murderous wife, Saena was not Junior. She was not violent enough to go after a child, and unlike Sebastian, she didn't even have a compelling reason to attack Wildfire aside from revenge.

Well, she was better than that. She stood straighter, though her coat never truly smoothed out, and said, "oh, it's just you."