Bearclaw Valley so close to what

there was a somber smile given to the first words cole spoke, his intentions admirable though they stirred a simmering pot of sidelined emotions. keepin’ ‘em safe and sound — she turned away, rolling a shoulder as if unaffected. but i didn't keep one of them safe, she told herself before swallowing the thought whole.

she refocused when he spoke again, a smile teasing the edge of her lips at his idea for tracking the herds. "sounds like a plan to me," she agreed, her tail giving a soft few patters against the earth behind her.

and to the potential of them being a good team, she gave a few affirming nods. "i guess there's only one way to find out," she suggested with a wink back to his idea of the herds. "how about in the next few days we put your theory to the test?"

she'd been largely settling herself and the girls in since they'd joined the valley wolves. she figured it was about time to put in some work so that her family weren't seen as the local freeloaders.