"Who are the others?" I asked as I caught up with her, she smiled

"You didn't think my warriors would let me walk into the lion's den alone, did you? I had until noon to convince you that we mean no harm and could help, then they would come and rescue me," she said.

"You do know that by noon you wouldn't have been alive right?" I said, not looking at her, "And by the way, noon is a bad time to go on a rescue mission in winter hollows."

She smiled brightly now. "For a weak human, you seem pretty sure of yourself and your wolf. I wonder what...