Greatwater Lake spice and wolf

out of the corner of his eye, lasher caught sight of a yearling pair; one dark, one fire-flame. he was reminded immediately of fox, and summarily of peregrine; his hackles rose involuntarily. but the two were much too young to be the murderous alpha pair of the caldera. he could not catch their scents from where he was, but he would not draw near, as they began to draw away from his location.

lasher turned back to the elk herd; the bull raised his head, snorting, for he had spotted the earthen predator. pawing the ground, the elk gave a slowly speeding charge at taltos, and the plateau wolf wisely turned tail and set a quick lope away from the enraged ruminant, heading inadvertently in the direction of the young wolves as he trotted 'round the edge of the lake, tongue lolling as he tossed quick glances over his shoulder to see if the bull would follow.