Phoenix Maplewood momentos

Tulimaq ranged from the Rise. He thought little of where he went, only that there were little signs of other wolves and a growing urgency to find some kind of justice; he imagined Kanuk in her last moments and grew hostile in the way he cavorted across the ice plain, finding his way to the maplewood within a number of hours.
Once within the forest Tulimaq thought he might find something - or someone. There were signs of game along the fringe, and the chattering of squirrels or songbirds around him. One young squirrel took the time to scream down at him and frisk its bushy rat tail, but was all talk.
He ignored it and moved on, until he was within the heart of the wood.