Dawnlark Plains pull me down

Rallying thread for all NP members! Set on July 19/20. @Scimitar @Bazi Kieran @Whittier @Pasha @Allure II @Swift @Jorunn Assuming Kieran is with her. :)

The fire that spread from the Northwoods had nearly devoured their entire home. Kaskara coughed and gagged as she fled the scene with Kieran in tow. They had been building a den together, the first den Kas had truly dug for herself, when the smoke drifted toward them. Afraid for her life, afraid for her family, Kaskara howled to indicate her direction, and ran.

It was later that night when she was finally able to breathe again. The two warriors stopped in a nearby territory and turned back to stare in shock at the flames and plumes of dark smoke that rose from their former homeland. Kaskara, stricken with the thoughts of grief that roiled through her, nearly collapsed onto her mate. It was never clearer than in this moment: she loved him with all her life and would do anything to protect him.

After many long minutes spent composing herself, Kaskara finally gathered enough breath in her lungs to let out a long, mournful cry with a dual purpose: to tell Scimitar of their whereabouts and to mourn the burned home they had been forced to flee.