Duskfire Glacier Sunnguvuk

The pale spirit agreed to join him. Issorartuyok nodded his head with encouragement, despite the circumstances of their meeting. She was only a child, a young wolf on the cusp of adulthood, and there was still time enough for her to learn.

I would have met you with my fangs before my words, the northerner answered her. It was a troubling thing to consider, but wolves knew the importance of their village claim. Their borders were not guarded tirelessly so that strangers could pass through.

Issorartuyok could not help but think that Heda was clever to have asked. It meant that she understood.

You would guard your home with your teeth and claws, would you not?