Broken Antler Fen the nature of life is not permanence, but flux

teya did not know why in all her time with kynareth she had not asked after this. but it had never come up. their interludes had been almost purely carnal, driven by his own want and her bone-deep need to be distracted from all that had gone on.
"if saints threaten caldera, brecheliant no longer neutral," she declared, dedicating the whole of the pack in one swift, impetuous motion toward protection of the redhawk wolves. and yet she felt it was only practical, as they shared a close region with one another.
"what is next step?" she asked the older woman, eyes searching the amber-honey gaze.