It had been a couple of weeks since Slade had met Deidre. While he looked forward to returning to Ethereal Eclipse to see her again, he had made himself a promise to meet at least three more packmates first. It would be pretty bad if he ended up knowing Deidre like a sister and his packmates like strangers, especially since Deidre was a loner.
The young coyote had decided to stay around the general area of Thornbury, where activity in the pack was high. He had already met Krystalle, the strange-looking horse owner; Gunnar, adopted son of an old 'friend' Valinta, and even attended a pack meeting in which some rather dramatic facts were learned. After that, he couldn't help but be a little paranoid; Cercatori d'Arte likely hosted a murderer. Real-life murder mysteries had proved to be far, far worse than any kind of imaginary ambiguity Slade could dream up.
Still, he had kept to his vow and stayed around the little town. Just one more to go, and then he would be staying as far away as possible from Thornbury; he didn't want to have a run-in with a serial killer. It just wasn't on his agenda at the moment.
Slade's ears were pricked, and his gaze swept to and fro as he searched for somebody, anybody, to talk to. Eventually his eyes rested on yet another unfamiliar canine in optime form. He couldn't see the stranger clearly thanks to his myopia, though the scent told him that this was a female who was somewhat new to the pack. Oddly enough, he also picked up rabbit.
As he approached, he got a better look at her. She was wearing something that looked a lot like a deer's pelt, had amber eyes, and long hair. He didn't see Luperci who wore an extra pelt every day, nor did he see anyone who was carrying four freshly-killed rabbits.
"Hello, there," Slade greeted when he was a short distance away from her. "Hunting's gone well for you, yes?" It was just another conversation-starter he had come up with since that awkward introduction to Krystalle.
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