Wapun Meadow If you'll ease my mind

Bazi did try, but Jace had been sturdier than the dainty Arctic wolf even before her close encounter with death. She flung her forelegs around his neck, smothering his dark cheeks with wet kisses, tail wagging furiously. Before she could give any thought to the third wolf, the loner had disappeared.

"You're a sight for sore eyes, buddy," she told her oldest friend, smiling warmly at him when she eventually dropped to all fours and stepped back. "Still a Sunspire guy?"