Swiftcurrent Creek You know it's not the same as it was

Taktuq was gone, apparently. The thought left him perturbed a bit—he had enjoyed her company, as brief as it had been. Clearly he needed to revisit the pack and get a feel for the new leadership.

The creamy girl explained—and offered a further explanation. Given her rattled self, he hadn’t been entirely confident she had been confused—but what she spoke of was enough to set his teeth on edge. “You’re safe here,” he reiterated, his now heated gaze leaving her lissome form and trailing to the direction she had come. “Thank you for telling us. It would appear we hadn’t chased them far enough.”

She seemed unharmed otherwise, and with another stolen glance to Moss, he looked back to the she-wolf. “What’s your name? Do you want an escort back to Kvarsheim?”