Lion Head Mesa dauphine

Nephele waited, tucked into the safe shadows, hasseling and trying valiantly to regain breath in her lungs. The discussing two were out of mind up until her false name came up, and she piped up, still slightly out of breath.

Im trying to come up with a better name than Polecat. Mom didn’t like me much when she named me. She said with the flash of a rueful smile.