Noctisardor Bypass Falling fast to the ground

A small piece of cold, grey flesh clung Saena's lips as she padded away from the half-day-old kill. The pack had felled a healthy cow elk just this morning and they'd cached all they could carry, but the remains were left out in the open for the scavengers to feed from. By leaving it for them, Saena knew they would not be as tempted to steal into the wolves' territory proper to take from their stores; there were easier pickings to be had. Such was nature's way. It didn't stop her from returning to it and picking away what little flesh they'd left behind.

She swept her tongue over her jowls, picking up the limp piece of skin in the process, and paused to scan her surroundings. To her back was Phoenix Maplewood. To her left was surely more forest. Directly ahead there yawned a chasm, and it was this that stole the former outrider's attention. She loped across the distance, eager to see what was hidden beyond the sheer drop.

It turned out there wasn't much of anything. As she approached the edge of the bypass, she could see disturbance, as if the stone itself had been cracked off. Indeed, that's what happened, as the force of the storm unsettled the already precariously unstable cliffside and sent hunks of earth tumbling into the gorge. What she saw when she peered over the edge was exactly what she expected: huge pieces of stone shattered at the bottom of a long fall.