Emberwood earthquakes shake the dust behind you

it seemed reluctant, but it did appear as if river understood the weight of what he had done; he sought the boy's gaze and could not match it, low as it was. instead, another question came, and he sighed, shifting his weight. it was complicated, but not so much that it was impossible to break it down into something simpler.

"they were on our hunting grounds without our permission," aditya said simply. "they weren't happy about having to leave. it could have turned into a fight." hungry wolves were dangerous wolves. the pale-furred pack could have been the kindest group of wolves, under any other circumstance, but they had posed an imminent and serious threat to morningside.