Duskfire Glacier Joining Thread

Her words gave Malachi more to consider, but he hardly saw the logic behind her thoughts. If theirs was the first pack she'd come across in her travels, Malachi wasn't surprised the other wolves she'd encountered had refused her companionship. One did not go looking for rest and healing among loners, and to look for such things from a pack without offering help in return did not seem the best plan of action, either. He wouldn't have thought much of her desire to keep moving if not for her scars - and he felt an uneasy tingled as he linked the two with his own reasoning. He couldn't leave this woman to fend for herself, but if she was still being pursued, she would be leading her attacker straight into their territory - and straight to the bodies of their tiny pups.

Malachi's mouth formed a grim line at the thought. As much as he wanted to help this woman, he knew the kin he'd made in the Glacier pack took precedence. If she brought danger with her, they could not let her in, and with winter's approach, they needed every ounce of prey that wandered their home, for the good of the pups. And further, with the threat of lynx on the air, they could not risk taking in a wolf with interests not fully devoted to the pack. He struggled with these thoughts: compassion flowing for the wolf before him, wanting to shield her from whoever she ran from, but also a concern she would prove a danger to them, and a dead weight in their ranks until her departure. New questions formed on his tongue, but only one came to see the light: "What are you running from? Do you pose a danger to our pack?"