The Sentinels my heartbeat could tell you it's urgent

deirdre had perhaps too kind of heart; for she wished to see a chance given, or something of that sort. proof that the other might remain this time. but her father had grown hard with the famine, and she understood why such a thing was; already they had many mouths to feed, and for a wolf that had left them before, well, there could be nothing to spare. and so the cub stood firm by her father, nosing her brother in turn and remaining long enough only to see the form of malachi fade into the distance. afterward, she would keep in the company of her father for the rest of the time the day had to offer.