Redsand Canyon We didn’t bleed back then

the language barrier was not easy, but she heard past it. xtabay slowed and sat in front the stranger; the usual glare was present, intentional or not. she allowed silence to take the air after he spoke, staring through half lidded eyes.

❝mereo.❞ xtabay recited the pack name, one had come previously seeking them. ❝will other's come? searching mereo?❞

this would be information to relay to her ajaw. though, xtabay's hostility faltered. had this mereo been his home? was he without one? she knew these feelings, but her hackles still arose at the mention of other packs.

❝imbécil,❞ she spat, regardless if this poor wolf did not mean anything by it. ❝our power leaves no anxieties or fears for others.❞

humility was not something she had, her initial reserved attitude was never present in situations like these.