Kintla Flatlands we are the fortunate ones

Junior sucked in a breath, prepared to argue with Kaskara. Of course Peregrine would forgive her; he wasn't some big meanie! Before she could say this, the black she-wolf informed her young companion that she'd found a new home. More importantly, she was happy. The pup let out her breath in a gusty whoosh, deciding it would be better not to pursue the matter further.

"I can take them a message from you want either way," Junior repeated, then answered Kaskara's question by saying, "I fell in the river and washed up on the shore. I didn't know where I was. Ragnar and Thistle found me and took me home with them. I lived there—in Stavanger Bay, I mean—until I figured out how to get home. I didn't know everybody thought I was dead," she added in a partly defensive, partly guilty tone. She'd known how to get home several days before she'd actually undertaken the journey, prolonging her loved ones' misery. It was a difficult truth to contemplate and there was no way to go back in time to do things differently.