Emberwood no way out

Alastor's friendliness made Charon feel rather guilty that he had come up with a fake name. He almost wanted to blurt out that he'd lied and that he actually was named Charon, but Alastor would probably just be upset about him lying. It seemed safer to keep the lie to himself and pretend that his name really was Starchaser. Well, in his spare time he liked to pretend to be Sir Knight Starchaser, so in a way, it wasn't a total lie. He just needed to see this as an adventure, where he actually was the knight he liked to pretend to be.

Alastor didn't say what the pack was named that he was from. Just that it was a bit of a journey, but not too far, which didn't really mean much. The only thing that was for sure was, unless Alastor was lying, that he wasn't from the Glacier pack. "What's your pack's name?" Charon asked, half-curious, half-suspicious. In answer to Alastor's questions, he said, "My pack's pretty far, but this is really important. I'm here to get my brother, which was taken by..." What if Alastor knew the Glacier wolves and would warn them if he told the truth? He couldn't have that happen. ".. someone." Real smooth, Charon.