Duskfire Glacier Autumn was soft

The girl felt her cheeks warm as Veteran went on to speak about his mother and her own counselors. Samani was not certain that guidance was an area that she would enjoy. She had not been given many chances to test her ability to keep a level head or to offer words of advice to others. Then again, she did not imagine there would be many wolves who would seek the word of a child. Time would help her discover her strength for such thing, if it existed.

It did not take long before Veteran was willing to show her his skills as a guardian.

Samani eyed him carefully. Her lips were curled in the faintest of smiles. She was to be the stranger and he would meet her as she walked along the path. These terms were perfectly agreeable. Samani nodded once and hurried up the pathway until the dark-furred boy could not be seen.

She paused there, drawing in the scents of the glacier. A fondness filled her chest.

As the moon child made her way along the path, she had assumed the role of a sneaky intruder. She slunk along the way she had seen the hunters do. Her jade eyes shifted from side to side, searching for signs that she might be caught in her devilish attempt at intrusion. Samani did all that she could to keep from looking at the blue-eyed boy.