Totoka River just because i'm a straight hottie doesn't mean i can't read philosophy for fun

Mallaidh leans her head back as if she’s just been swatted at. Ears splay against her head and she isn’t sure how she’s supposed to respond. It’s not her fault she hasn’t seen some stranger. This area isn’t that new to her but her experience isn’t great and she’s only scouting to re-familiarize herself. She hadn’t realized there was another pack here, but—

“Reed?” she blurts before she catches herself. “Uh, I mean...” she pauses, licking her lips. Is this the Reed Eirlys told her about? Her markings remind her of her father and Ceallach, but brighter and red, like Blixen. What had Hemlock looked like, before she disappeared from Teaghlaigh. “Do you know, um... Eirlys and Ceallach?” she tests, first, for if she does not know them then surely it is purely coincidence.