Emberwood carolina

Her ear flicked round but this was the only sign she’d heard. The silence stretched between them, long enough to doubt she’d answer. Finally she made her decision.

He leads. We follow. she responded quietly, a simple statement of truth. This stranger knew of him but did not follow either. Was she the reason they traveled here? Or were they merely familiar by proximity?

Interpack bonds had always escaped her, even when the ones nearby had been her own sister by blood. A pack’s duty was to look after their own. They could not do this by looking outward.

You do not. She added, another statement delivered in the same soft tone. It did not demand an answer. She only wished to lay all as it was.