Hushed Willows A Silent Retreat

Wake was glad for Kirain’s inquisitiveness; her mind very much alive even as her body quailed.

South of here, he explained, motioning with a turn of his ear. We will stay in the valley there, and also in the mountains. I will show you my vision of four adjoining lands, and we will claim one for each of the seasons if all things go to plan. There was still the matter of finding acceptance of their presence in the occupied valley and getting along with the other packs.

Summers in the mountains, a meadow in autumn, forests for the winters and springs. He breathed a deep sigh, though he was not merely content to live his fantasy in imagination only. Dark eyes searched Kirain’s expression as she ate, trying to ascertain her thoughts on his ambitions.