Sequoia Coast blue raven

no worries whatsoever! love the twist!

there was a wolf here on the ice. their presence would not have been enough reason to react; it was the direct approach that put chakliux on edge, and then the reaction of his wife. 
the seal hunter put himself between marina and the stranger, his berrybright eyes hard with caution. "stop."
who was this? if they did not look so similar, he might have wondered if this was the man who had fathered her first children. teethtips flashed in the sunlight, a warning.