Whitewater Gorge Floating

Colin, slightly ahead, had the decency to ask if Derg was alright, to which the latter responded affirmatively and stopped until his trailing companions had caught up. Her trance broken, Finley turned to Colin as Derg asked for the hunched wolf’s story. She’d be lying if she said she wasn’t curious. Donovan: rebuilding his pack of warriors. Nemisis: raised in a violent pack, now poised to lead alongside him. Derg: sad when found, but a guardian in a past life. Finley herself had little tragedy to speak of.

Getting a focused, alert look at Colin now, she got the sense she’d continue to be an outlier in that regard. Between his walk and the vague air of sickness about him, Finley wasn’t going to question Derg for his rather upfront assumption of a “sad story.”