Sunset Valley I wish I didn't need you to explain

No, she quickly protested. Diaspora was a place that welcomed the opinions of everyone in the pack. Stigmata always took the wants of each pack member into account, even when she had thought it wasn't necessarily a good idea. How they reacted was unreasonable. That is not how things should be. And her former friend offering her such an ultimatum was not something she would have ever expected, yet here she was. 

Then, quietly, she added: No. I would not, when he mentioned she might still be home with her son. Stag is leaving with Wylla. Like she had feared and like she had told him—he was more loyal to the former Eisen than his mother, but she only blamed herself for that. So, I would have lost him anyway. She moved quickly forward, her gaze locked ahead. It was not something she wanted to discuss anymore. She couldn't bear to speak of it. 

They had started to hug the edge of the glacier, and she found she still knew the land well. Just ahead, there were places where ice met mountain, and if they continued in their direction, she knew they would find openings to a few small caves carved out of the rock. She looked over and lifted her head in the direction she wanted them to go. There will be somewhere for us to stay up there, she explained in case he was wondering.