Sleepy Fox Hollow Monsters and monstrosities.

As soon as the words left her mouth, Brook wondered if she shouldn't turn around and go the other way. The way the woman looked at her, making some kind of judgment, was enough to quash whatever good feelings she'd had with her full stomach. Suddenly, the young girl felt selfish and stupid for eating without immediately giving anything back. Surely she would be caught and punished—or worse: kicked out of Diaspora entirely.

Nyx asked if her family was here, and Brook shook her head. No ma'am, just me. Her gaze was downward, not wishing to be even the slightest of threats. She felt the itch again to flee, perhaps flee the pack itself, but she stayed rooted to the ground, ready for whatever punishment was about to be doled out to her.