Bitterroot Valley she needed wide open spaces

That was interesting. Angel felt her hackles rise, just a little, at the idea of a childhood friend coming here to join Sega's pack. She thought fleetingly of Raiyuk, her heart beating just a little out of sync as she remembered his handsome face. She could well imagine another woman thinking the same of the lark-pelted alpha.

Still. She hoped that this Ravah would stay. She did not, after all, have any desire to win Sega's affection by being the only option.

"I'm sure," she agreed of the elk skull, casting one last glance at it. "You don't think it's too forward, though?"

When asked about her new friends and siblings, she gave another wag of her tail.

"A medicine man named Etienne," she offered, thinking excitedly of the man. "I need to head out to find him again soon — but he isn't far. And my grandmother's daughter, Dreamgirl. I believe they will not come to stay with us."

She ducked into the den to begin arranging the stones and the pelts, new and old, speaking over her shoulder to continue the conversation:

"I am happy to hear what you have to say, Elowyn! My brothers are still very small, hardly enough to talk about. But their names are White Bear, Valor, and Skyfall. They take the Morningside name."

Different from her own Morningbreeze. She felt just a little oddly about that, but it was still close enough to give her a sense of togetherness.