Redhawk Caldera Hideaway

OK, I'll play..... with myself.

He no longer needed to orchestrate a final search party for Finley. She was home safe, if not in the best condition. As Alpha, Gamekeeper and Caretaker, he took it upon himself to look after the Blackthorn family while she recovered. The best thing he could do was provide meat, so that Elwood wouldn't have to leave her side very often. The food would help her heal more quickly too, of course.

He was returning from a hunt, a dead groundhog clutched in his jaws, when he passed the cave where Wildfire stood. He ducked inside to say hello, only for a revolting stench to cause him to unceremoniously spit out the corpse. "Did you—" He began to ask her if she used this cave as a latrine or something when he followed Wildfire's line of vision and saw the desiccated body against the far wall.

His stomach sank immediately as Peregrine stared at the corpse of his younger brother. "Oh, Ray," he muttered, stepping over the groundhog and gliding past his frozen daughter. "What the hell happened, man?" he asked the dead body, lips pursing against a bitter sigh.