Moonsong Glacier the duty of every soldier is to protect the innocent

Dutch filed each name away with care, wanting to recognize these young wolves if he ever ran into them. It might prove important, one day! And it was a marvel to hear how many of them there were, and to imagine himself in the same position in a little over a year's time. His eyes danced with shared joy and his own private wonder, and when it was his turn, he sucked in a breath that came out as a huffy laugh.

"They are on their way!" he groused in a way that jokingly plead patience from the other man. "My wife, Simbelmyne, grows more round and more lovely with each passing day! We have spoken only a little of names."

He'd told Towhee about his first litter, and he'd told Simbelmyne about his shared blood with the seal hunter pups — but he did not tell Rusalka about either.

"I will teach them your name," he said to the man, "And perhaps in the summer time, we can arrange a play date. We would be happy to host you at Morningside — ah! My surname. Since we no longer reside at Moonsong, we've dropped that from our pack name."