Phoenix Maplewood chapter three.

When at last a smile came, the tension of his muscles slackened. He'd been prepared to back away should she decide his presence was unwanted and turned teeth on him, so to see her loosen her stress meant he could so likewise.

"Sunward," he repeated, curious to her pack's whereabouts considering how close she'd come to Whitebark territory. A claim to the North where he was unfamiliar, along the rugged coastline? "I have not heard this name. Do you make your home nearby?"