Snowforest Taiga pathogen

The man did not hesitate when he heard the voice of his fellow leader sound across the lands. The beat of his heart was stricken with worry. He hoped that Lane was alright, that Veteran was also safe and unharmed. Issorartuyok did not know what he would do if the young boy was injured, or if his mother had been impacted by something just as terrible. This was the reason his pace was so swift. This was his justification for arriving where Lane stood in heaving breaths.

Lane, are you well? Did something happen?

The northerner approached her with a prodding nose, unable to determine if she suffered from injury or if something else had happened to her.

The stench of illness was in the air.

Issorartuyok scanned her figure and then turned his attention to the prey animals. There were dead bodies that had been left behind to decay. The man’s heart seized, and he stood stiff against the chilly winter winds. The Alpha did not know what to do.