Ouroboros Spine lxiv. if i promised to leave my gun at the door

Lótë nosed at the jaws of both Alphas as they neared to join her party, heart warming to have their support. The third was a villager she had yet to meet, but Lótë dipped her head gratefully to the she-wolf all the same. 

"I think so too," she agreed with a light smile. "There is an older cow -- her years count too many to keep up with the herd. She grazes alone near the Lake now." 

With Kukutux in the late stages of her pregnancy, it was good timing. It would not prove too dangerous for her to chase the elderly elk. And the remaining three could fell the beast without putting moonwoman at risk.