the setting sun will be our guide

When Shadow summoned the wolves of his little group to congregate, Paarthurnax went to him at once. She crooned softly to her beau upon her arrival at the chosen meeting area, greeting him affectionately with a bump of her snout to his chin, then retreated when others began to arrive.

She did not take a place at the ashen outrider's side, but instead lingered in the background. As they were not yet mated officially, it did not seem right to seek claim to the now available position of Alpha female. Paar wondered quietly if she might be expected to challenge the other she-wolves for breeding or leadership rights, in which case she would likely fade into the background. She was a gentle creature, and did not appear to have an aggressive bone in her body.

Shadow invited them to howl with him, and the elegant crimson healer tilted her muzzle skyward to raise her voice alongside those of her pack mates.