Horizon Ridge The Eyes of Another

Pied meant to say, I understand, yet before she could say a single word, Hawkeye launched into a speech. She felt sorry for herself, yet Pied did not think ill of her for it. She understood her friend's frustration and sympathized. When the Alpha flopped onto her hindquarters, the mottled yearling slowly moved to her side and sat next to her, gently nudging Hawkeye's dark shoulder with her nose.

"You will find it. You just have to make sure you don't settle for the wrong wolf, else you'll miss out on the right one," she cautioned quietly. "What about Oracle?" she wondered. She wasn't sure what to say about Akhlut, as she'd thought Hawkeye had crossed him off the list of prospects long ago.

The news about Sos took her by surprise; she hadn't really given much thought to whether Hawkeye upheld her religious beliefs after Bon Dye's failure. Although surprised and slightly skeptical, Pied was the last wolf on earth to doubt such things immediately.

"Is that the voice you've heard all along...?" she couldn't help but wonder.