Seaside Moors keep coming back

A master is not how I see you, Kaertok said. He could have had that in Arbiter if that had been his desire, but it wasn't so. He wanted an equal, and Raleska was the only wolf he had met who had come close to meeting that. Who leads Rusalka now, so I may let them know my intention to stay? he asked. There was no play in his voice, no tricks up his sleeve.

If his children wanted to find him, they would learn to be skilled enough to do so. Briefly, he wondered about Raleska's own children. Had they survived? What of their father? Kaertok did not know, and he quickly realized he did not care.