Bearclaw Valley Borderlands

indra followed after nunataq, noting the scarcely contained excitement in her daughter that threatened to bubble over. she had expected some defensiveness, for she knew nunataq considered this her home -- instead, it appeared nunataq looked forward to wherever they were going.

adopting a prim trot to keep up with the hurried gait of her daughter, indra slowed only when they arrived in a little meadow. hunched over a column of stripped bones were two wolves of silver agouti coloring. indra felt an involuntary flare of her hackles, glancing quick to nunataq only to see a sense of familiarity bred in the she-wolf's gaze. were they friends? indra loosened her stiffness with a heavy sigh, her wisp of a tail held close as she looked to the strangers with wary interest.