Suddenly, Uqaq-Fah and all of the she-wolves ran over to the snow pile. "Danger…leg…help…gasp…" panted Uqaq-Fah. "What? What is it?" Lunaxa-Gio said, sniffing the air to see what the black and white beta wolf meant. Jokvethar saw a strange wound on Uqaq-Fah's right foreleg, staining the fur red around it. Catching his breath, Uqaq-Fah told the story of what happened:
"I was just going to the bay to see if I could find a herd of seals, or perhaps a beached whale. When I got there, that rogue R'Katzihari, was eating the cod we hid yesterday! Man, I don't know why Thor gave him wings! But what's worse, the Sylvania Shepherds were with him! I barked at him, but he said he would get King Kaw if I went one step closer,"
Jokveathar shivered. King Kaw was a huge eagle from beyond the Great Western Sea, even farther than Great Glacier Island. Some wolves even thought his egg was hatched in the crater of Hekla's Nest (Hekla is the biggest volcano in Iceland, and in this story she's the wolves' Fire Spirit, symbolizing destruction)! He was as big as a Moon Wolf, with twice the wingspan of a large Sylvania, and the ferocity of an Ice Bear and Snow Lion combined! When he struck, usually it was one of the calves from the Sheep- Elk herds that the Sylvanias followed, or the pint-sized Nico Cats that he took as prey, but mothers would tell their pups and cubs to behave, or King Kaw would take them as well.
"Jokvethar, wake up! So anyway, I don't listen, of course, I'm stronger than any of them. But as I was charging, a white wolf named Kraavard howled in a strange voice. I stopped to listen, but suddenly a shadow fell over me, and nicked my leg here," Uqaq-Fah continued, gesturing to his leg.
"I looked up and it was KING KAW! I ran, but he kept pulling my tail with his horrible beak. If it weren't for me taking the shortcut through the tunnel, I probably would've lost my tail. But now that Kaw is here, I really think we should move the pups before he discovers our camp, especially with Kaejmari's pups coming," he said, gesturing to the pretty grey and white she-wolf.
"I agree, but wouldn't the coming pup be a hindrance? No offence, Kaejmari, but what if she started having her pups out on a glacier or something? My mother said that that's what happened when I was born, and she said that our scent was picked up by an Ice Bear!" K'Linjiza pointed out. As the adults argued, the pups quietly played King Kaw Attack. Gryphe was always Kaw, since he was the only one who could fly.
By the time the sun was half-set, the adults had made their decision. Euwresno trotted over to the pups and gave them the news: "Lunaxa-Gio has decided that if King Kaw is as close as Uqaq-Fah says he is, then we must move. Take a nap now while there's still daylight. We leave tonight."