Dawnlark Plains rhythm romancing

indra was terrified. in that moment he was incredibly grateful for chacal. she swooped in as if she had known indra her whole life, instructing her in better command than val could ever muster.

he hung back. he did not know yet if indra grasped the full significance of their escape -- how now, they were survivors to a tragedy no wolf should have to endure.

val did not want to stay here either. almost pleadingly, he turned to chacal. she -- we -- can't stay here. in time, he would tell his sister all he could about his stay with the bear fanatics.

already the memories were disintegrating like a crumpling dream. yet aventus and arielle's faces were all too real when he closed his eyes. they tried to kill her. he fumbled, realizing it would make no sense to chacal. can we go home?