Swiftcurrent Creek kiss the night goodbye

Bazi stepped away from Galileo and gave him a sharp, angry look. Had he possessed the good sense to keep that final sentence behind clenched teeth, Fox would have no reason to be suspicious; life got in everyone's way, and the specifics were often too tedious to speak of. By actively withholding information, her new recruit was only making things worse - and making Bazi look bad.

Most Swiftcurrent wolves had skeletons in their closet - if they didn't pose a threat to the pack, they were left to gather dust and crumble. Bazi's own tainted past still flowed - literally - through her veins, but the sickness had not reared its head since the first outbreak, and she had quite forgotten about it now. Galileo, on the other hand, had opened the door, and he would have to step through it or leave.

"You've never even hinted at having sordid secrets before," Bazi said, unsure if that was true - had he evaded questions before then? And what question would that be - 'are you or have you ever been, deranged or diseased'? Swiftcurrent had accepted wolves with less to go on, and it irritated her to the core that he was making things difficult. "Tell her, or you'll have to go," the girl snapped, ears flat and tail swishing erratically behind her.