Stavanger Bay Bikini body

Tags for visibility/reference! @Skellige @Mordecai :D

Part of Larkspur would have loved to stay with Deirdre. But nobody, not even her best friend, came before her family. She and Mordecai needed to get back to the Keep to check on Harlyn (and Silas), then wait for Pippin to return. They also needed a rest after their journey. The famine had long since ended and food was more or less plentiful again, yet Larkspur had yet to fully recover from its effects, if she ever would.

It was early afternoon as they trekked back across the windswept sands, retracing their steps toward Horizon Ridge and, beyond that, back to Hushed Willows. Little did either one of them know that a pack had staked a formal claim in the past few days, headquartering at the bay. The scents hit Larkspur's nose unexpectedly, like a soundless slap, and she jerked to a halt.

Her voice came tremulously. "Daddy?" The beach looked clear, yet Spur's cream fur stood on end, senses tingling. She felt like a fish who had swum into treacherous waters, sharks circling just out of sight.