The group consisting of Rune, Marra, Kia and Lupis decides to stop their journey to the Kingdom of the West for the day, as the night draws closer. Rune orders his servant to fetch them some rabbits for dinner, while his mate is in charge of watching their prisoner. During their wait, Marra and Lupis get into an argument, as the male wolf believes his cousin is willingly helping the false king of the West. She denies doing so, since she hates Rune just as much as Lupis does. When she is confronted about her being his queen and allegedly telling him about his whereabouts, she explains that she had been forced to take this place after Rune had murdered her father, and that in fact, she had tried to keep his survival a secret until he would have been able to murder Rune and take his place as the rightful heir to the throne. Perplexed by her words, Lupis asks the she-wolf why she had not done so herself already, if she wanted him dead so badly, whereupon Marra comments that their pack woul