Felltree Marsh The journey begins

While Chusi seemed content to keep asking of the monsters, her mother shot him a hard glare, deeming him no more than the help. As if that weren't hurtful enough, she said they weren't friends, effectively crushing what comfort he had left. If only Rana were here.... Where had she gone off to?
Silent, Zephyr kept his agony within. Sen clearly wouldn't care, and Chusi was too young to be burdened with it even if she was to understand. SHE was his friend, right? 
Rethinking his decision to follow these two, the ebony brute stayed close to the females. He'd stay with them for now, make sure they had somewhere safe to be. Then perhaps he'd live as a loner for a while? Who knows. At this point, everything was too hectic to make a decision like that. He'd told himself he'd talk to Sen and propose a co-leadership deal with her, and yet here they were loners again, their lands overrun with Saltwinter wolves. Hell, maybe he shoulve joined THEM. They were doing good for themselves.