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The borders had become his haunt when he wasn't with his family or the rest of the pack. He was patrolling, but he was working on a project, too. He wanted to keep the largest deer herd close within the territory, and lately, they'd been doing their best to move on.

So he was herding. Sort of.

Valiant hadn't been expecting to come face-to-face with a stranger that day, but he took it in stride when he did. Wolves were always coming to their borders, and Moonglow seemed to receive them peacefully. It was a little like being in Round Valley, where he seemed to share blood with every strange face that crossed his path. Only now, they shared his wife's blood.

"Hello," he said, his voice warm despite his wariness. "You've come to Moonglow. You need somethin'?"