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He frowned as she confessed she first lost her husband, and then her children disappeared. She had no fantasies that she had been the perfect leader after all her heartache, but Dash had a problem with the story. Sounds like when the leader needed them most, the pack failed. Wasn't a pack all about helping each other? Lifting each other? During hard times, the pack was supposed to come together to help, not turn their backs on the Alpha. But, what do I know? It had been so long since he had been in a pack, and he knew each one was run differently than the next.

He nodded quietly in agreement to her statement. No, grudges did no good, and only served to the remind the person of a wrongdoing they could never undo. Maybe there would come a time when Dash loved something enough that he wanted to seek revenge. But, today, he couldn't see that happening.

She wasn't sure if the new pack lands had been chosen yet. Either the pack hadn't decided, or they had but hadn't told her. Taking a deep breath, the dark wolf stood. I should go, he said. Good luck, he added. He had no idea what the coming days would bring, but he hoped their pack would work things out.

With a nod of respect towards the female, Dash turned and headed inland, slightly away from the packlands he had almost ran into. He didn't want to make that mistake twice.