Hushed Willows uncloak

Her head tilted at his confession. Meerkat said nothing, though his comment about spirits stuck in her head. She remained silent until he shared his thoughts on her suggestion, her teeth working at her lower lip.

I’m hoping that if the three of us agreed we would be better off elsewhere, we could part on mutually peaceful terms, Meerkat said. She didn’t want to speculate too much, though she pointed out, We could just… spin off.

A far-fetched and quite possibly overly optimistic thought crossed her mind: perhaps they could even establish a sister pack somewhere nearby? She hesitated to mention it, though she would file away the thought to bring up with Mireille, depending on how the conversation went.

Hmmm, Mereo is just over these mountains, Meerkat mused. If it wasn’t a military pack, I’d say we could always consider going there.

There was the outpost in the valley next door, though she didn’t mention it for two reasons. Firstly, she didn’t want to get ahead of herself. Secondly, she realized that if they left Sapphique to grow their family, it made much more sense if she and Njord started their own, just the two of them and their present and future children.

Looking around, Meerkat thought someplace just like this could serve them well.