Ylwa's "hunt" with Rezso ended up being every bit as intense as she had expected. Anything involving Rezso usually was intense. The "hunt" turned out to be an ambush interrogation. He led her out into the woods, where three others were waiting – his son (the oldest one, who was expected to take his place, not either of the ones that Ylwa might have ended up with), and two of the other more important males in the pack. Ylwa was certain that she was there to be executed. They ended up grilling Ylwa further about who these other three were, where they hailed from, what their attitude and demeanor were like, and what their business was. The topic of whether she might have had… "close interactions" with any of them didn't come up, for which Ylwa was highly grateful. Her inquisitors seemed more interested in determining whether these strangers posed any threat to the pack.
When the group had finished interrogating her, Rezso took Ylwa hunting with himself and his son. On the way back from their hunt, after transforming back into their human skin, he explained to her how there were once many packs of werewolves scattered throughout this land. The numbers of werewolves were dwindling, he explained, because werewolves were hated and hunted by humankind. Sometimes a human would just happen upon a pack in their travels. Sometimes someone would catch sight of a werewolf at night and would track them back to their home. There had even been known to be traitors amongst werewolf ranks who would betray their pack for some reason or another, and divulge their location to humans. Sometimes someone would betray a rival pack and send hunters to kill them all off.
As a response, all feral packs had become very defensive. They would kill any strangers who lingered too long in their lands. Many packs, such as hers, had closed themselves off to contact with other packs. This is why they didn't tell the younger members that others of their kind existed – because they didn't want them to mingle with strangers and give away their pack's location to a traitor. Many years ago, they had decided that it was best if their younger members only knew of two categories – evil humans and their own pack.
By the time that Ylwa and Rezso had arrived back at camp, her head was whirling and her entire body felt as though it was made of lead. She was drained both by the information that Rezso had laid on her, and the night's earlier inquisition by Rezso and the others. She dragged herself over to Ralfina's campfire and ate some of the delicious roast venison that she had prepared, and then went off and found a nice corner to sleep in for the day.