Rising Sun Valley skwila

the hateful man was here and heda felt breath catch in her throat with a hard throb. 
they drank down-current from one another, and when she raised her head, it was to catch the harsh eye with a fading moue around her wet mouth.
heda glanced back down the creek, to where the waterway narrowed and curved around into the packland she had passed.
and then she set her attention back on the man, and stood proudly, and turned to give him a wide berth as she traveled on.