Lone Star Mountain When choices end, you must defend

The Swiftcurrent Creek wolves appeared, with a dark, stocky man leading and a woman trailing after. Recognition lit in Ruenna's eyes. This was the man who had been with Soltero at Yule. 

Kavik stepped forward to converse with the pair, signaling his desire for Rue to stay back with the others. Rue turned back to her packmates, relieved that their former alpha was still up for stepping up and taking care of things. Rue most decidedly was not. "We met Swiftcurrent Creek at Yule," Rue explained to Siqsa and Alessia in a low, weary voice. "They're.. they're good people." 

Rue's ears swiveled to capture the words that were traded between Kavik and Swiftcurrent Creek. The Swiftcurrent man was quick to offer the displaced wolves a place to stay. She would nod her agreement to Kavik should he turn to her seeking her opinion. Rue looked to Alessia and Siqsa for their reactions. They were no longer a pack, so Rue and Kavik no longer spoke for all of them. They would be free to choose their own courses of action.