Larksong Grotto all dressed up in a pretty black label

this place gives her the creeps. it had been here that Laurel had tossed her into the abyss and left her for dead (she's surprised the woman hadn't clambered down to finish her off). had she known the significance of the grotto to her bloodline, she'd be even more disturbed.

as it were, what does disturb Avicus is the presence of a wolf close to her territory, sniffing around as if looking for clues. the Rise's leader-in-waiting had come to observe the peak more and had instead run into another stranger.

who're you? she demands in her typical acerbic fashion, descending with a careful purpose, her eyes blazing.

she soon is face-to-face with a dark wolf around her age, a little smaller but with the same lithe musculature, and Avicus stares her down, her question hanging between them.