"Yeah, I don't think it was great either... on the plus side, I'm not going to be eating for the next three days or so."

Marissa thought Bo's offer was sweet, but there was very little chance that he could follow through with it. She'd help with the hunts anyway, she needed practice working with a pack anyway.

"The puppy... I don't know. I'm not sure if we can save him. If he's in too much suffering, we should put him to sleep." It pained her to say these words, since killing youngsters completely went against her grains of morality. But then so did watching them suffer.

"I've been alone for... a year? Two summers now?" She said somberly. "These parts of the forest are new to me. I've always kept on the move, trying to get as far away from my original pack as possible. In short, I think it's a fairly silly idea, since they might not even exist by now. I've just been steadily running away anyhow - and hence, I have ended up here. What about you? You look a little young to have left the safety of your parents already"