I suppose this can be closed out now?
Zalen could see the worry spread over the face of the woman who sat in the cart; she obviously had not idea of what Zalen spoke of. Tayui on the other hand was careful to keep her reactions subtle, and hardly twitched at the Alpha’s harsh words about her. Instead, after he was finished, she only stated there was more to the story than he knew, and that they would be best on their way. Zalen knew that he did not have all the details when it came to what happened in the raid on Salsola, but Vesper was a level headed coyote, and she would not have said something so negative about this wolfess unless she had a good reason too. Therefore, the dark king was going to believe his friend over what the woman who had hidden her identity from him.
Zalen nodded to her saying and looked over the three gathered canines and their cart before turning and dropping back down onto all fours to guide them through the territory. He took them to the old highway, not only because it would be a clear and quick route to cut through New Dawn, but also because it kept them away from the den; there was no reason for them to know where it was located. The Alpha said nothing, for he had nothing to say, he just wanted to get them to their destination; Vinatta. He had no opinion of the newly formed pack, though he was curious why these folk might want to go there rather than Sangi’lak or another of the packs; perhaps they offered them a refuge there; it seemed that they were refugees of some sort, but it was none of his business.
The trek across the pack lands was smooth and event-less, and it took them only but a few hours to traverse it from one side to the other; it would have gone much fast had it not been for that damndible cart. Zalen took them a ways beyond the borders, just to make sure that they did not dawdle near the pack lands, then he stood again, "Here you are, Vinatta is not much more than several more hours away, you should get there just after night fall." He waited to see if they had any more to say, and then he would depart.