Emberwood The sun will shine on a new horizon

There were two ways he could have finished that sentence and yes, the way he did it absolutely had crossed her mind. She laughed at his reaction and took the shove, reaching out (without even thinking) to nip at his cheek in response.

You said it, not me. Don't blame her for the way his dirty mind worked.

But seriously. I'm obviously going to be the witch of the wood here. What are they going to call you? It had to be something good. If we are going to be properly mysterious to the neighbors, sorry, but Bronco isn't going to cut it.

She was (mostly) teasing. Fennec absolutely had an idea, though, of getting their pack a bit of a reputation and of maybe even trading favors or offerings for fortunes or healing. That had always been a goal of hers, if she ever went off and lived on her own, and she'd gotten it in her head that maybe it still could be. Even if she had a pack at the same time.