Lake Rodney life on the road

the flatlands were vast, and her explanation wasn't suitable enough for his liking, but he let it go. from her tone, it seemed the threat was close enough to be a small bother but far enough away for at least relative comfort on the plateau.

"of course, we should tell your father," he said, with a nod. "he needs to know. but as far as getting involved. . ."

aditya looked up at dawn with a frown. "i don't know if you've seen wolves die by violence. i have. whatever terrible things this pack has done. . .we can't risk our own by taking a moral stand." his gaze snapped over the horizon, to patches of dark forest; perhaps they lived somewhere there? "until they are at our doorstep, we cannot act. doing so would be rash."

even as he spoke, his stomach churned. if the day came that they arrived at morningside's territory. . .  he did not want to entertain the thought of his new family, which he had found so short a time ago, being ripped apart by savages.