Nova Peak driftmark

Masque informed him of their new recruit, and in Riley awoke a new purpose. As of late he’d been hovering — suffocatingly so — but now with new blood to their ranks, he could expend more energy along the hills.

He found the young male going pell-mell up an incline. Riley was far too old (and still nursing a sore hip) to waste his energy so playfully, but he followed after at a steady clip, wondering what had gotten into the yearling.