There was nothing but a slow shake of the head from Sabine. "Should we hunt in person or transformed?" she asked. "I would like to spend some time together in a more relaxed way afterwards."

"In addition," Fendros added, "we should keep our noses open in case we stumble into the territory of another set of lycans. That woman who arrived to size up Meesei may still be skulking about for a reason to fight."