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He let a slow breath out, weighing everything, though there wasn't much to consider in the way of Akhlut. "Then we will speak to Hawkeye and ask for protection and a place in her pack. I just worry that she will change her mind after the fact, but you know her better than I do."

Worry, he did indeed. It seemed as if odds were stacked against them, but were they stacking the odds themselves? Akhlut seemed to have said it was okay to breed, but official word had not been given. Were they just to assume, then? No, Kisu told himself. What if he changed his mind and went after them? Kisu would fight to the death, but in his heart he was not a fighter; he was always good at it, but the truth was that the desire to fight never arrived.