Shadewood Destination Zero

morgan moved protectively forward, and kukutux glanced toward him, wondering at his intent before deciding she was being altogether too cautious. chai, he had called her. it was a pretty name, and the duck wondered at this man of whom they spoke so bitterly. yet she held her tongue, allowing the accented male to make inquiries between herself and him, and the woman who asked after them.

in truth, kukutux was nervous that they had been followed so quickly after their departure. who was to say that this woman was not one sent by cry? horrified at the thought, but emboldened, she slid from morgan's shadow and stood more plainly in view, eyes trained with a coolness upon the she-wolf. "did cry send you after us?" came her question, and though she could scarcely believe she had spoken, the words hung between them all the same.