Redtail Rise IX

a fire.

he did know this word and his hackles bristled momentarily in response. he too sniffed the air and then lowered his muzzle to scrape at the burned ground.

when the yellow flower came and went, grass could be found in its wake. not so here. but his scratching disturbed a centipede, which crawled out of the cold earth and away from the wolves.

augur pounced playfully at it.