Hushed Willows world enough, and time

When Kincaid was given leave to stay, he gave yet another dip of his ruddy head. "I thank you," he said sincerely, beginning to think that, perhaps, things were even more dire here than he understood. Orlaith, he took it, was a rather brusque shewolf by anyone's measure, but she had seemed rather frazzled during their brief meeting.

Still, he was glad when she departed from them, and turned his full attention quickly back to Eleuthera. "Why don't you take me to your favorite place, and let's set and talk awhile," he suggested, sensing he did not quite have the full story where these aggressive wolves were involved, or at the very least, that there was more trouble in the pack that he might need to know, if he was staying for any length of time. Besides, he had news as well, about his joining Easthollow — he needed to know that being here was not a conflict of interest.

Not that it would stop him.