Sun Mote Copse Whenever life gets you down, Mrs Brown...

She seemed honestly surprised to hear that Finley knew her father, which made her wonder. Was it really so unusual? Maybe. Wolves around here did seem to die young or just vanish into thin air. Fin thought of Peregrine and Fox who had also known Dante very well. They were gone now. Lasher too. Probably Blue Willow with him. God, she was old.

"I used to live with him when I first came to Teekon," Fin answered, "At Blacktail Deer Plateau. It was the first pack I joined here and your dad was beta at the time. As I recall, I almost got him trampled by a stag the first time we met." She smiled fondly at the memory. Dante had always been good for shenanigans. He'd never been exactly willing, but good-natured about it when it was over and it had all turned out okay.