Totoka River sneak

Hokulani was visibly taken off-guard by the suggestion - a rare feeling for the future chieftess. I'm not sure I'll create good relationships going around asking for orphans, Stormbug. She responded, already relaxed and falling back into her habit of calling wolves anything but their proper name.

She could understand what Storm meant, though. For every loving mother there were five more with children they didn't ask for. Besides, I'm still going out to get my own kids. If you did find some orphans we wouldn't have to looking for a nursing mother that way. She wasn't so sure if she would waste time looking for a mate first anymore. Her season might only come once this year, and she had another adult to help raise them now.

Do you think you'll stick around here for me when I go out? She asked, looking back with a clear smile. It would mean a lot.