Swiftcurrent Creek let the rain wash away the pain

Bazi's lower lip literally wobbled, but she managed to keep her cool. Patience. For all intents and purposes, she had taken Scimitar's heart and left with it. It had never been her intention to stay gone, but that wasn't the reality of the situation. Now Bazi would pay for the nerves and fears that had driven her to the Glacier - to see Tuwawi, who was lost. Stupid girl! What was there to be afraid of?

It didn't stop Bazi from feeling like a disease that had come wandering into the packlands. She wilted away from Kaskara with a sad look and a grateful nod, hobbling around to face Kieran. "OK," she croaked, and started to walk on raw, hot paws in the direction of the den that Njal and Tuwawi had left behind.