Phoenix Maplewood Noahtakmiut

She sensed that he didn't take her very seriously, though there wasn't much Meerkat could do about that. She'd spoken candidly about her take, now it was up to her to take him at his word, weigh the risks one last time and then do as he asked.

But Issorartuyok distracted her with a question. Her eyebrows raised, wondering what she'd said to give that impression. She felt her cheeks heat a little too. Wintersbane was a handsome man, though by now the yearling knew he was absolutely off limits. He was already involved with at least two women, by her guess, and his gaggle of kids was pretty solid proof that he was hell'a unavailable.

"No, it's not literally my pack. I'm just the... Zeta, or something," Meerkat replied, actually pretty oblivious to where she stood in the hierarchy. These things didn't matter much to her. "I don't have a husband," she added, a little thoughtfully. Technically, she did, though nobody else in the world knew that except for Atlas.

Without waiting for a reaction to this information, the yearling tossed back her head and politely requested @Wintersbane's presence at the borders, then motioned for Issorartuyok to come as she began walking north to meet him there.