Blackbeak Bluff I'll die for you, I will

In truth, it had been his own fault -- but Hiram had harbored his guilt for long enough. His anger burned for another: sleeping dragon. It had been their fault. The pressure they put on the maplewood had forced the maplewolves to the southwest and into unknown territory. If they had only remained in the maplewood -- if the dragon pack and had never come to the wilds, perhaps things would have turned out differently and relations between the the grotto and the maplewood could have been repaired.

If she desired an answer, he would give his own. "Sleeping Dragon," he spat, casting his blame with vitriol.