Duck Lake prettiest girl in the whole damn holler

Perhaps not the prettiest girl in the whole damn holler, but a girl nonetheless, Ruenna trailed the Diaspora wolf from a distance, waiting to show herself until he settled down beside the pond. 

"I'm guessing that didn't go as planned," Rue spoke softly, voice sympathetic. She was, perhaps, more willing than her packmates to give the man the benefit of the doubt. It really seemed like he hadn't known any better... and that offering he laid at the border had been rather chivalrous. Rue wondered again about the woman for whom it had been meant.