Blacktail Deer Plateau Your journey has only begun

When she mentioned it, Peregrine's dusky eyes fell as if to take a look for himself, yet her leg blocked his view. "Lemme see," he said even as she began to speak, only for her voice to cut off. Assuming she'd wanted to let him speak, he repeated, "Lemme see. Your leg's in the way," in a good-natured voice.

Then he noticed the stricken look on Pied's face. The brilliant smile was very much gone. The Alpha's brow furrowed and he slowly turned to follow her line of vision, which was fixed on the ground on his other side. There was nothing there. He slowly turned back to face her, even as she whispered, "No..." A peculiar sensation washed over him and the black fur along his spine lifted.

"Pied? Hey, Pied, what is it?" he asked, confused but sensing something amiss. Pied looked incredibly distressed and he wondered if she was having a neurological issue, like a hallucination or seizure.