"It doesn't. There have been wolves that have crossed over into our territory and had to find the alpha, not knowing who they are. Sometimes, they're just passing through and that doesn't require a stop with the locals." She passed through a lot of places with wolves on her way here.

Brigid cocks her head to the side, studying with warm brown eyes. "Who's Derek?" She asks, completely ingenuously. She doesn't know the locals. At all.