Bearclaw Valley -- i've dreamt this moment, so overdue

she had been busy paying attention to the birds chirping in the trees and the soft falling of snow but then the conversation turned back to her, something she could tell not by their words but their gesturing.

she shifted uncomfortably until xan called her to his side and she pressed into him, small dark form melting beneath his pale pelage as she continued to watch the stranger with baleful eyes.

why had he called her back?  what did this stranger want from her?  what did he want from her?