Big Salmon Lake i said i thought it would be colder

Magpie followed obediently, the male's words providing direction that her mind could not. When she broke out of the water onto the shoreline next to him, she paused, looking at him with green eyes that searched for answers. "Fox? She..." but her hoarse voice broke off, and her eyes cast down to her paws. She what? Abandoned wasn't quite the right word, because there was so much more wrongness associated with what had happened. If she hadn't been so weak, the juvenile might have sought to run in the other direction; away from this male, who was in all likelihood bringing her back to Fox's side.

But the funny thing about life is that it wants to keep living, and it will endure all kinds of abuse in order to do so. When Peregrine began to walk, she therefore staggered to follow, tail sunk low between her legs.