Arrow Lake why you rolling waves over me now, that's all i need dreaming

Their eyes met in a brief clash before Ephraim glanced away and began to move again. That was the extent of most interactions between loners, and that was all the coywolf expected of this one.

Qiao surprised him by speaking. Ephraim swung one long ear in her direction, but was delayed in looking back at her by his own disbelief. Those who spoke with him often had nothing good to say. He was accustomed to that. Not to cryptic observations like what came out of Qiao's mouth.

Ephraim stared at her for a beat, swinging his thin tail while he tried to puzzle out what she meant by that. Then she asked who it was, and he blinked once, dumbfounded and wondering if he was hallucinating this whole thing. What Qiao said made no sense. The only eye on him was hers.

You, obviously, he flatly replied.