Blackfeather Woods welcome to the party--everyone have their kool-aid?

Maegi took in the woman's story, scowling further as she described the altercation with the other, quite savage, woman at the border. Someone had tried to hurt her brothers?! Her lips, which had relaxed for a moment, once again drew into an involuntary snarl, though this time not directed at the dark-furred female.

"What's your name?" she questioned in a very aggressive, interrogative manner. "Who let you stay here?" It must be Vaati. She would accept no other name save that of her elder brother.

Even at a young age, she shared her packmates' proclivity for extreme distrust toward newcomers, wolves that had not been born into the culture of the woods. If Meldresi might not approve, why should we? thought Maegi sagely, looking to the sky for a brief instant.

Sometimes, she thought she felt the Night Mother's gaze fixed directly upon her from above.