Stone Circle These aren't my people

Ira paced the borders slowly compared to her usual trot. Between her travels to Moonspear and helping her father care for her new siblings, she would actually admit she felt tired. Tired or not though someone had to make sure the borders were safe. It was so routine, almost as if she had fallen on a preplanned course that she could travel while on autopilot. And that's exactly what she did, at least until she heard a howl.

The roan woman paused in disbelief as she recognized the voice. She would have chalked it up to hearing things, but she had to be sure. With new life in her step, Ira would hurry to the source, a smile gracing her lips as Evergreen came into sight. He had come back! But...covered in blood?

She slowed her trot as she approached, smile faltering as she did a quick scan for a wound that would leave his pelt crusted the way it was. You returned... what happened to you? The question could easily be applied to his blood-soaked pelt, but her question dove deeper than the surface. She wanted to know where he had been. I was starting to think you had left for good. This time the words were barely a whisper on her lips as she circled the male double checking her eyes had not deceived her of any important wounds.