Dragoncrest Cliffs twilight stone

i hope it's ok to chuck val in here, he is skippable and PPable <3

the inevitable had happened, judging from the howl that cut like a knife through the peace in their den. val woke with a start, having dozed just outside of the den. he came to in time to see mireille burst from the awning, and knew in a single glance all that had or could have transpired.

his heart chilled -- and it broke every fiber of his being to not tear after her. but there were other lives here, too -- little lives too young to be left alone even in emergency. val silently flung a hopeful invocation after mireille's darting heels, taking her spot in the den and hoping whatever evil befell them, it was not bear-shaped.