Ocean's Breath Plateau Homme de la Montagne

His guard was well up since Seelie's kidnapping. When he wasn't comforting his mother, he was bristling at any perceived threat to the territory and his family—of which this unfamiliar voice could be one.

Kitimat left the den—any protestations by his parents aside—and trotted swiftly toward the border. What greeted him was a massive grayscale figure, owlish eyes cutting into the plateau's interior. His call had asked for help—

But Kitty didn't trust him. He simply could not.

He would not speak, though, reserving the words for Rodyn or Chakliux. Instead, he stood as tall as his juvenile form allowed and met the man gaze-for-gaze, chin jutted upward as if to dare him, Just try me.

Nobody would seize another of his loved ones again—not on his watch.