Sinka howled in return, an action which she had never before done in the circle of trees which caused her to look up and the grin grew somehow as she saw her escape. She bunched her hind legs and lept up as high as she could, which was higher than a small house, and grabbed onto the bark of the trees. Her third set of legs acted as the perfect anchor as she climbed up, there were no branches till much higher so she dug her long, serrated claws into the bark and pushed herself up.<br/>Bran spun from Alek to look at Sinka as she returned his howl and watched in horror as she started to climb the tree, then back to the monster that had become of his daughter's mate at the new monster's words and he growled, "Not if I have anything to say about it." He shifted to his wolf form and ran at him.<br/><br/>Æsc nodded and turned his head to kiss her hand and then said, "I know so. Because if one of us is happy then the other is, and if one of us is upset then the other is as well until happiness is restored."