Grouse Thicket steel in our veins

Draper smiled, glad that any tension seemed to melt away. There was something about Meerkat that was decidedly... easygoing. He wasn't used to that, especially from a wolf, but it was nice. He breathed a sigh of relief when she also mentioned that she knew Charles.

When you head back home, tell Charles that Draper said hello! That's me. I'm Draper, he said.

Bridget had claimed to know Raleska (with quite the enthusiasm), and Draper chuckled a little at her reaction. It was fairly rare for him to feel this comfortable around wolves, but something about these two... he couldn't pinpoint it. Maybe because they hadn't treated him any differently than they were treating each other.