"Now do not choke or do something else stupid. I'm going to beat her again to the village and get the healers. She's going to get herself killed going for walks like that. She sounds like paMarked prey."
Tryson huffed. "I'll educate her."
"You better. We can't have an Alpha that our enemies can hear coming from a mile."
He sighed as Skhal straightened. "Thank you, friend," he stated quietly. "I'm grateful."
"You're welcome. Just take into account this next time I tell you you're being stupid. Because it means you are."
Tryson nodded and smiled, chewing the leaves carefully as Skhal stepped back, shifted, and darted silently down the trail.
*****
~ Diane ~
She didn't be aware of how long she'd been running—she thought it was solely fifteen minutes or so—when the trail wove round a
