Moonspear aunt

She felt the blood drain from her face when Chakliux filled her in about the cat. It had killed someone from Moonglow and was on the prowl somewhere in between the villages. Meerkat suddenly wanted to frantically locate Njord and Stingray to make sure they were safe from the latest apex predator at large.

Thank you for telling me… and for your vigilance, Meerkat said a little faintly. I’m sure Sialuk is already aware, though I’ll make sure she and everyone else in Moonspear knows about the threat.

She wished she could gather all of them in her ulaq and huddle there until the danger passed. But that wasn’t practical. Meerkat wasn’t sure what could be done. Her eyes suddenly fixed shrewdly on the visitor’s scarred face.

What’s Kukutux’s plan? she asked.