Noctisardor Bypass It's a blood diamond, flawless but for that one thing

Wylla had heard of their newest arrival. It wasn't common for the spiny Sonnenwaser woman to care about a newcomer. It wasn't common for her to seek out those of Rivenwood at all. Besides the juveniles, her mate, and her daughter, she made no effort to get to know anyone else. Sometimes she thought about it and wondered if this was how Nyx had felt in Sagtannet — that nobody else in the pack was worth her time — and sometimes she felt guilty about her own reclusiveness, what that must do to her mate.

That was the trouble, however. Wylla no longer cared what others thought of her, and spared almost no thought for her packmates in turn. She'd done that song and dance before. It got her nowhere in life. That she went looking for @Ålesund under a cool midafternoon sun was therefore remarkable, but he had two things going for him: he was the same age as her children, which made her feel fond of him despite having not met him yet, and he was not another goddamn woman. She knew from Mahler that he was learning from him in the pharmacy, so Wylla wandered up the bank of Tealwater Creek in search of the yearling, doing her best to smooth the sternness from her face.