Remember where the witches burned

The other black bird, the one this girl was following, wheeled overhead. The priestess tipped her head back to look at the dark figure in the sky. "Wolf-birds, some call them. They lead us to carcasses so we could open them, and they could get something in turn." Her indigo gaze returned back to the black-furred female. "That doesn't really explain why he was saying 'beware'; unless that's the only thing he could say."

Meldresi highly doubted that the young female would not dare to cross her borders. She had seen hunger's effect on creatures and how it can drive them to great lengths to get food. "What is your name? I am Meldresi, alpha of Blackfeather Woods."