Phantom Hollow New direction

She caught the smile Judas made from the corner of her eye, but even that little glance told her it wasn't entirely sincere. It fell away too quickly, though she couldn't by any means blame him. What happened to them was disappointing on every level, and Mitanni anticipated hearing that everyone else had already left. Surely they'd seen the situation much the same way that she did.

Except for Judas. He didn't sound very optimistic about what he would find once he left, as if the Moonlit Hills were about as good as it was going to get. His admission drew her gaze to him and fixed on him with a surprised look. He couldn't really believe all that, could he?

"It could be that way again," Mitanni told him, unable to see this as being the best way that things could be. They'd been abandoned after all. There had to be better places where that didn't happen. "You just have to find the right place." Her voice trailed off with her last statement, and the little wolf wasn't completely convicned of her own words. She'd been better off on her own. Maybe that was where she was destined to be.

But two other pack names did jump out at her, despite her reservations. She needed some time, however, before she would be ready to consider looking into either one. Distractedly, she shook her head, trying to hush those thoughts within her mind.