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speech & thoughts

As he explained about his duties and how they were more difficult to do alone now she let her mind drift into thought. It seemed he had spent a lot of time with Frost as well, her Uncle had willingly let him fallow him around. She hadn't asked him how he really ever became alpha in the first place or really much of the history this pack had held. He stated that her uncle had been a big help. It was strange how she never knew about him or about this pack, but then again getting swept away in the rapids without dying was strange as well. Her life had several strange happenings within them and she wasn't sure what it all had meant.

"I can imagine he has been," she said. "How long..... Has uncle been alpha of Lirim?"

Why she had never come out and asked Frost herself was unknown to her. There was plenty of opportunity but the thoughts never came up within her mind. Of course it was still difficult to wrap her head around having an uncle that was so willing to be apart of her life even when he knew nothing about her. In a way it made her feel guilty that she didn't want to be in his company as often as he wanted her too.