Lion Head Mesa black shuck

Mother wasn't here. Someone had come to the catacombs calling for her, and swept her away. She had tucked little Nazli here against @Zakariya without a word of explanation. It wasn't as if Nazli would have understood if Jawahir had told her anything, but -- it was the absence that stung so much.

She hugged her brother close, burrowing her nose against his back.