Remember where the witches burned

"No family," and then hesitantly she added: "no companions." Reluctantly she thought of Macaw, and her hatred for the male. He had been her friend or so she had thought. She didn't understand that she had simply been too young when they met for him to look at her in the way she looked at him. It was probably her fault too, for never saying anything.

Halo's short tail twitched, and she wondered if she had been asked because Meldresi was interested in having her a part of Blackfeather Woods. "Could I stay here?" the wolf ventured. "I haven't been a pack for a while, but I remember how it works. I'll earn my keep, Meldresi."