Porcupine Ridge For a mother, a brother and me

there was a new pack rising, though vuk for the life of her could not figure why they had chosen to crop up so very close to porcupine ridge. yet, when taggarik called for the pack to rally, vuk stopped what she had been doing -- practicing her words along the stream-bank -- and flew through the drifts to join the ridge wolves. when the girl arrived, her eyes were greeted by the sight of two dark-coated strangers, a child, and a pale wolf who sought to command the situation. 

vuk's hackles rose at the tension snapping in the air -- she had not seen the disservice done to the markers set by the ridge's beta --  but both packs seemed on the verge of conflict. she stepped to diane's side with more confidence than she had displayed thus far, teeth flashing in a warning snarl toward the pallid man of the other's pack's ranks.