Lost Creek Hollow Time is life itself

"You are probably right," Sarah agreed, maybe the rest felt some sort of affection for each other, a sense of belonging. Perhaps, it was not hatred, it was envy. They belonged to a cause she could not relate to.

"Family is a word that should not be used too freely," she responded to Gannet's remark on, how he considered her a family member, when he knew her hardly at all. "The same way you should not waste the word "love" unless you really mean it," she added. No grey areas for her. All or nothing.

"A..." she was about to say "long time ago", but it was not true. Half a year was a lot in a wild wolf's life, whose expectancy was 7 - 8 years in total, but it did not feel like that to Sarah. She could still remember vividly, how it felt to be the leader. "Last year," she finally said. "And then my family scattered and my home turned to ashes."