Noctisardor Bypass In these times of doing what you're told.

The beast had been valuable to her until recently, and Viinturuth's anger simmered. He'd disappointed this she-wolf by throwing his weight around, harming her pack-mates and ultimately assaulting her. How long had she known that he was a ticking time bomb?

She'd done right by her companions and the babes born to them by asserting herself, though it infuriated him how she'd suffered for it. Glaukos was nothing more than an oversized man-chikd, he'd decided, who saw fit to beat women when he didn't get what he wanted.

Over a week ago, he said, though could not be sure how many days had passed since the attack on Mae, maybe two. It was good to know that he'd been sighted there recently, for it meant he was surely close by. We won't let him get away with this.