Haunted Wood The sun also rises

They were each winded and glad, and while the triumph could be shared with Reyes he did not feel as attached to it. The way Teya looked to him after made him forget his anxiety for a moment but not the churn of jealousy, which reared its emerald head once more as the gruff older man continued to order them all about. Too tired to protest, the others went to work again.

When Reyes neared the now dead elk he thought he was steady enough to aid them, more-so once the thing had been pulled from the sepulchre where it had been killed. The red sheen across everything unsettled him; brought to mind various images he would prefer to avoid, and so he hung back while the two narrow-built wolves hoisted and Germanicus pulled.

As soon as the elk was clear of the crimson radius of that initial lifeblood's splatter, he was there to help. It was hard work with the slack weight of the massive creature, but together they would pull it somewhere for better keeping.