Lake Rodney I will still be your big brother

Sebastian insisted he was still family and Wildfire would always consider him as such. She knew her parents didn't necessarily feel the same way, though. At the very least, Sebastian was now an outsider and wouldn't be a priority to them like their loyaler pack mates. It hurt her to think of him that way and Wildfire reminded herself that she didn't have to share her parents' views.

"Let's check out the fen first," she suggested as they bustled along. She stopped and turned to face due south, peering over the marshland. She saw no sign of her aunt but she nevertheless squeezed her eyes shut and raised her smudged muzzle into the air, calling her godmother's name: "Finely! Are you out there somewhere?"