Blackfoot Forest heat stroke

Danica grinned mischievously at Bazi, and the Beta mirrored the expression back at her. Talk turned to tactics, and she left her golden pack-mate's side to scheme with Njal at the front.

"We're quick," she told him, briefly looking back over her shoulder at Danica. "And quiet. If you bulldoze your way through the underbrush over there, we'll sneak round and see if any foxes pop out." In certain places, the crowns were sparse enough to let light reach the ground and feed the willowy saplings and stubborn weeds that reached up from the moss.