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The surrounding territories were gaining in activity.  Wealda did not mind this, but found it more a reason to roam and keep an eye on movements.  The patterns of the herds would change, and perhaps more would be drawn to lay claims.  She only wished to keep informed, and Roamer was no longer here to be her eyes.

Wealda stopped upon seeing the wolf ahead of her, then relaxed when she noted that it was Masquerade.  Her sister seemed rigid, as she approached, and she recognized some semblance of the things she’d seen in New Snow.  Masquerade hadn’t needed to inform her of their impending family.  She’d seen it then and saw it even more apparently now.

Redd whined as she approached, unthreatening as she sought to inspect her sister with concern.  Instinct spoke that she should be within a claim or a den.  She roamed in her hunting alone; why?