Ravensblood Forest and out in the woods lighting struck

As Sakhmet described the place, her gaze slowly shifted to Mou, and her smile grew. Food, water, shelter. . . It seemed too good to be true. And although she had wanted to stick by Aiolos, having grown fond of the man during their moons together on the island, she could not turn down the chance to be with her daughter—

We are looking for a home, Maegi said, turning her attention back to Sakhmet. Our old pack has disbanded. Would you. . .take us in, Sakhmet?

It was almost pathetic, the tremulous tone of her voice. Her fear of uselessness brought on by her disability clouded every word. She was a grown woman—but Sakhmet was the head of this new territory, this prospective home, and she wouldn't dare barge in on her without asking the proper permission.

Maegi knew her place. And she knew the place in which she wanted to be, with Mou, with her children.

Perhaps with Phox, too. The time had come, now that they were apart, to tell him.