Big Salmon Lake a wicked gale i am

For @Sumayl.

Justice stood on the shores of the large lake she and Kadezj used as their base these last few days, her nose lifted toward the dark early morning sky. She rarely slept these days, not in these strange lands. Just didn't trust Kadezj let alone the multitude of strange wolves she didn't know that surrounded them. Lids obscured her bright golden eyes from view, though her ears were strained for any signs of others nearby.

It was very early in the morning and the moon still shed his light on the world, though he was beginning to sink into the western horizon to make way for his brother, the sun, to light the world. Justice had learned many things from the Khalas in her time with them, though trust was not one of them: Kadezj had used her naïveté against her and there was no way she would allow anyone to do that again. The only thing Justice had in this world was her own counsel and even then it was questionable, given what she had allowed Kadezj to talk her into.

With a sigh, Justice dropped her haunches to the sandy shore and hung her head, opening her eyes to inspect the dark waters of the lake before her. What would happen now that they were two outcasts? Would any pack take them in, knowing they were on the run from another? It was true that they had been running for many weeks and were far from the Khalas now, but she knew that if she led a pack, she would not allow them into her pack.

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