The howl the sounded out from the giant wolf was deafening in its intensity, it carried notes of anger, sorrow, and challenge. It was clearly a declaration of intent, of the beasts intent to kill Violet and Luna, something that neither girl was willing to accept.
As they studied the beast they quickly came to a couple of conclusions, a conclusion that both worried and excited the girls.
That conclusion was that the beast before them was not a simple Lord, no the beast at the head of this beast tide was in fact a Sovereign. Or at the very least at the very precipice of becoming a sovereign.
The reason they came to this conclusion was simple, around the beast their was a domain, or at least something which resembled a domain. Whilst Luna possessed a pseudo domain with her Arctic manifestation, that was merely a shortcut, not the actual thing.
