Cedar Sweep quality road

Mallaidh stares skeptically at the stranger for a moment longer to make sure she believes the information. She isn’t trying to attack her out of the blue like her last encounter and she’s at least talking to her. Still, Mallaidh hesitates to get any closer. Whatever distance she can keep between herself and the stranger, the better. A head start is the best she can hope for. “Scout?” she questions with a burrow of her brows. Jomyo wasn’t afraid of being out of her pack—not that she had one—and she wants that. She can’t have the monster hover over her shoulder for the rest of her life. “How do you do it? Being alone?” she questions again with a slight tilt of her head before she realizes she hadn’t answered any questions. “It is quiet here,” she adds, keeping the information about her own pack to herself.