Sunspire Mountains oppono

Nephele had been quiet since threatening the bird. He now sat between her shoulder blades, hooked claws digging into her uninjured shoulder. There was a knowing between them, a threat that the bird could take an eye, but Nephele would take his life.

Her eyes snapped to Germanicus when he spoke, away from the skull of a bear she had been eyeing. There were others. Wolf, coyote, the bear. Trophies. She slowly moved over to pluck up the skull of a wolf, holding it tight between her jaws. She had killed this day, so she would remind herself of it. This was not the skull of the wolf she had killed, but maybe, perhaps, she could come back for it in some months’ time. Decor for her sleeping space, to mark it as her own.

After claiming her prize, the shadowed captain nodded to Pharoah, flashing a little smile around the skull between her teeth.