Lost Creek Hollow the ground remembers

she commited the name to memory as easily as she commited the latter bit of information. Rannoch had never expicitly mentioned a mate, but it was something she assumed. something about him was fatherly, well suited to a family. loyal. she dipped her head in agreement, words following after a moment. "Rannoch found me a little south of here and offered me a place." pause, and then, "he's a good man." surely she already knew that, but despite all her misgivings about being here, the hurt it brought, she was grateful for the man for offering her what he'd told her to find all those months ago; a fresh start.