Blacktail Deer Plateau Not without you

The Blacktail Alpha soon appeared before the pair of wolves. Koda greeted Dante with a smile and a wag of his bushy gray tail. "Dante! Look who's here!" He exclaimed, looking from Dante to Kesuk. "Someone nip me, because I must be dreaming," he said with a merry laugh. He was only half-joking however. The whole thing felt like a dream, as if it might fade away any moment. Koda had had many such dreams when he was missing Kesuk badly.

It never occurred to him that Dante might not be willing to welcome her back. Kesuk had left the pack on good terms, so what could he possibly have against her?