Swiftcurrent Creek i was looking for a job & then i found a job

But how could he know? Perhaps the alpha had gone through something similar—losing someone he loved. But Frederick could not think of that right now, all he could think about was his littermate. The loudmouth, the runaway, the one that might've died, too. His blinking held back tears, but could he hold them for long? He was unsure.

Frederick followed Akavir's steps, then. Careful, watching the moving waters before returning his gaze to the man in front of him. Listening to him speak. Unrelated to his brother as of yet, but something that still came of interest either way. Frederick's ears perked. A rising group of wolves, he had said. Attacked, stolen. A green herb.

How did this relate to him, though? But it didn't, and he knew that he should focus on his loyalty to the pack the same way he should focus on his loyalty to his blood. A nod of his head, then, though Akavir couldn't see it. Kvarsheim, he had heard of that pack before. @Lestan had told him about it. Friendly, he knew. Or at least polite. His words.

Akavir's eyes met him, then, and that was when he realised that this was no info-dump. No, he was being recruited. Something flashed beyond his gaze: weariness, anger, shock? But it fled as quickly as it came, and the man was left stone-faced and unreadable. I understand. he said, then, at the mention of Adrian.

He was right, it was a good opportunity. Not only was he serving Swiftcurrent and their allies, but he could also keep an eye out for his littermate, and perhaps wolves from other packs would have met him before. A slow, tentative nod, the cogs within his brain carefully working behind his eyes. A sense of finality carried his words when he spoke.

If it is me you choose, then I will do it. 'The next round' implied that this would not be full-time, and so he was content. A few days of walking, keeping an eye out for any suspicious wolves. He could do that, and so he gave a firm nod.

And he wondered, then, if they would stop past Bearclaw Valley.