Altar of Twilight i keep ending up here

there was a growing feeling within him that he ought not to be here, that he should get away from this place and this girl with all her troubles. he felt suddenly and unwillingly pulled into the convoluted conflict between these packs, a conflict morningside should stay far from.

but it would be rude not to hear her her out, and so he stood and nodded as she told her tale. how the caldera wasn't as good as they seemed, and her ambivalence toward the leader of the dark wood. had the tale dawn had been given of the southern pack being this all-powerful evil being been in error?

"no one should have to bury their younger brother or sister," aditya said sincerely, dipping his head. "again, i am very sorry that you lost her."

one ear flicked forward, then, as his tone flattened into something more businesslike. "so the caldera has pulled tricks like this before?" he asked. "when my scouting party visited, shortly after we came here, they seemed reasonable enough. but if what you said is true. . ." it was troubling, to say the least.