Silver Creek crimes against children are so easy to get away with.

Mother of god, these kids were freaking useless. He wondered briefly if the other three were any better than this one. The only one who had ever shown any promise was Kiwi, and her name was just plain stupid in his opinion. "Bat" wasn't much better, plus she apparently didn't even have any of the redeeming qualities her littermate possessed. She had clearly not inherited as much of heda's superior blood as he and Blixen had.

"Where do you think?" he asked, annoyance clearly written in his tone, "Drageda." How was that even a question? He paused, wondering for the first time if she didn't want to be part of Drageda, and that was why she had left in the first place. The notion was too absurd to consider for long though, so he gestured impatiently with his muzzle for her to follow.