Zeke was about to speak when a sudden roar from afar interrupted him. Malachi shouted, "What's all the noise about? If Caleb dares to come, I'll skin him and use his tiger hide as a rug to stomp on."
A black wolf tail swept across the surface of The Salt Lake, stirring up ripples of silvery water.
Corbin Crowley's silver eyes narrowed slightly, his fingertips lightly caressing something unseen, "Have Kian Sterling deliver a message to The Winged Tiger Tribe. Tell them..."
He suddenly caught a whiff of pine scent carried by the wind, faint but detectable. His Adam's apple moved subtly as he continued, "Tell them we've found a lost little rabbit."
Luna Sutton was hiding behind a big tree, eavesdropping. Upon hearing this, her pupils contracted sharply.
This was clearly a line Nightwing used when he first met Chloe Callahan in the original plot.
Back then, he also said, "We found a lost little rabbit."
From then on, he became interested in the heroine.
