Three days later, they made it back to Dmitri's territory. It took an extra day because they wanted Tyboll traveling with them. The ceremony for the two dead bears would be the following night.

The claws of Hunter and his fallen brother were brought from South America, but that was all they had left.

Nikka had lived with death her entire life. After the night of mourning spent under the stars, to live a life without threat didn't seem real.

"How are you, ...