Great Bear Wilderness The sentinels

His insightfulness was inspiring to Jinx, who immediately felt the need to begin preparations for winter. Though she hadn't said it aloud just yet, she had already finalized the decision to come here. It wasn't the coward's way out to leave the mountain when they were packed so close to other packs, just as it wasn't the coward's way out to run from a fight with too many enemies—it was simply how wolves were programmed, although the brazen Kesuk in her would argue otherwise.

“Kaname and Sitri both hunt occasionally,” the Alpha mused, picking up their slow stroll through the forest once more. “Perhaps they could officially focus themselves on that. Defence of ourselves and our food is my specialty and I suspect Sitri will excel there as well. And Lecter has his ways of protecting us though he is growing slower as the days go by.” To admit her mate was approaching the cusp of death was too much, so she didn't.

“When we have decided where we shall settle for the winter, I'll gather the pack and figure out what everyone would like to do.” He mentioned that he didn't see anyone piggybacking off Silvertip's efforts, and Jinx nodded in agreement, smiling wryly as she said, “If I find a freeloader, they will be swiftly removed.” Dove had been a freeloader, and she hadn't lasted long at all.