Nova Peak and when the gods summon

shock rolls upon his dark face. the woman, the wraith, come stalking the foothills of the peak again. had she not learned her lesson the first time?
he was sore to turn her away of his own volition, but it must be done. the first encounter nothing more than a fluke. a mistake. a momentary lapse in his good judgement.
his jaws agape to speak—but he is rudely cut off first. by a demands, that bring his brows raising, his teeth unsheathed from their place at his snout. you demand of me? his tail arcs high.
but it is not for any moral reason he defends. he does not care for the internal politics of these northern clans; he cares only for himself, and what belonged to him: his wife, his unborn children. no, he defends because:
i do not work for free. illitu qaujimanngittuq.