Hoshor Plains allotment

The panther was soothed by Sulukinak's nearness, even as he suspected she was searching for comfort herself. They investigated each other's scents, and he learned not just where she had been, but what some others had been up to as well. But she smelled only distantly of community; he was glad to hear any name pass from her lips — but most especially this one.

"She is a good woman to know," he said, and then his brow furrowed as she brought up a less than friendly encounter. His possessive nature reared its head; he could not think of another that should be allowed to reprove her. "Did this man harm you?" he asked, swallowing down murderous intent in favor of reason. He smoothed her hackles with a swipe of his tongue.