Redtail Rise XVIII

for @Avicus & @Sunday Morning but aw! no posting order! also tagging @Prophet for visibility <3

augur kept new snow a ways back from the border.

an hour before arrival, he and she had hunted. he would take a rabbit to prove his continued loyalty to the redtail clan.

red woman would be with her pups. but this was a truth and a lesson only she could teach. he was tense but welcoming, pacing the rise-line as he waited, while punctuating his steps with affectionate butts of his head against new snow's own.

he lifted his head.

he tasted the air.

the animal lay limply on the ground. he faced into the breeze and waited for the red flash of his alpha female's pelt.