Sunset Valley Killer queen

The taiga was a wasteland.

At least, that was what it felt like.  Kiwi hadn't encountered a soul since coming here, and she found herself missing Yami's company even worse as days passed.  This was important, though.  She had a path chosen and she wasn't about to back out of it now.

South lay danger, she knew.  She couldn't dare show her face to that pack of murderers who had killed her mom, or her siblings that she didn't care about anyway.  With Eljay as a dad they were doubly useless anyway, and she wanted nothing to do with any of them.  She could try the coast, or the mountains maybe.  Her chances of encountering trouble would be lower.

Something about the harshness in this place spoke to her, though.  As winter fast came, the air had a hard edge to it that might explain the emptiness.  Kiwi stopped in the middle of the valley she crossed as the wind picked up, blasting through her fur.  She shivered, then smiled.  Well, nothing for it.

She sent up a howl, short and questioning.  If anyone was around, she wanted to find them.