Swiftcurrent Creek walk the line

Kaskara blinked, surprised that their former leader had left them to join the pack she had left. It seemed a strange twist of fate that their allegiance had been switched. The silence lasted only a few minutes until Bazi spoke again, to which Kaskara replied, "From what I was told, he and his mate Hawkeye had separated because of some personal issues a few weeks before I joined. I didn't inquire further."

One chocolate ear flicked toward Shadow, whose foul mood seemed to overflow suddenly, his accusatory words spilling forth. Kaskara agreed with him wholeheartedly, but that didn't mean she would say these things out loud. She had learned that lesson before, which had led her here. She kept her mouth shut, however, because just then a flash of silver fun caught her eye, and she lunged face-first into the water.

With a grin, she came up from the shallows with a maw-ful of flapping fish, water dribbling from her tongue. Flinging it onto shore, she let the water settle before turning back to the hunt.