Contains two character-driven stories featuring characters from The Wolf Riders of Keldarra. Marrida's story takes place around the time when she is a fourteen-year-old girl, and has only just started her lessons at the Temple of Truth in Ruh'nar. The lessons she learned in those early days, are those which will guide her later when destiny reveals itself to her... Alagur's story is the familiar story of his journey to get the wolf my readers know as Yalla. He went to get this wolf even though he had been forbidden to go. The story tells of Alagur and Yalla's first days of enduring loyalty and friendship.