Grouse Thicket And winter came...

Liffey did not get to the point, because a loud yelp interrupted the conversation and made both of them look in the direction the sound had come from. Wraen tensed a bit and there was a shadow of worry, when her companion's voice, calling her mate, did not sound so sure either. Though considerably near her home, she was not that confident on being surprised by a burly thug in the darkness. 

"Let's go and check out?" she offered, getting to her feet, thinking that - perhaps - there was only one yelper and that in the presence of two wolves it would reconsider any bad ideas it may have had.