Redtail Rise So violent a rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.

The girl saw their target also. She looked to him next, as if to ask permission. He felt the need to lift his lip and flash his teeth, and did so, to remind her of her place; not beneath him, but ahead. If she was to be wealda then she would be the one to give the order.

He prowled slowly, turning his attention to the creature. The girl had prowled to a hidden place nearby and he caught the indigo of her stare.

Now? He did not hear the question but the look was like an order. Good enough.

Away he went, charging for the beast. All the power in his forequarter caused the snow to crunch beneath him, and as he fell in line alongside the caribou he launched himself to grab its shoulder, to worry it, to pull at it.

It staggered on to its injury and tilted another way, giving many openings to the red girl.