Lost Creek Hollow I know it's not right.

Hate was probably a too strong word to describe Treason's attitude to Ibis - Sarah's best guess would have been (if she had known the strained relationship between the step-daughter and Terance's new mate) - that the two were simply too different to have anything in common. With the added weight that the current alpha female had known the girl's mother and had not had a particularly high opinion of her. Come to think of it - Sarah did not understand Ibis much either - and had she not been a member of the family, she would not even have attempted to get to know the girl closer. However, that scouting trip had changed some things - for once - given Sarah a purpose in life again and reminded her that she had once been a guardian and could be such again. Skills had not gone anywhere. 

"Don't mention it," Sarah dismissed the gratitude, feeling that she had not said or done anything spectacular or worth the praise. "You are leaving then? For how long?" she asked under a belief that this was a temporary thing and that she would see her niece again.