Bearclaw Valley up the wolves

right, right.

she figured her mother would know better than to send someone else. after all, she figured her own mother might borderline know her location at any given moment given...

she tried not to think about him. lost, scared, alone. maybe dead. that seemed to be the general consensus even if the word never broke the surface. how quickly she had lost the battle of not thinking about him.

it's only cole's name that brings her back to reality.

anatolia. because annie was just for cole. she had half a mind to think that if this man was under his command, that meant hers too. only she knew better than to test that theory.

what's he have you working on? i help him, you know.

keen to prove herself in the eyes of this stranger.