She Screamed Once, Then All Was Silent

Slade turned from her, as abruptly as his feigned attack, and began to walk back to his brambled home. But before the black cascaded combat master could get far, he called over his shoulder,
"Have you got a clue to what pack you want to join?"

Without a pause in the beat of his step, he swiveled, and faced her, a bit farther from the girl from whence they once were.
He wondered if attempting to recruit the girl would bring a pleased eye from the Dark Mistress, Meldresi, and with no indication of such on his ebony features.