Redsand Canyon To be continued

Towhee went still when the stranger clearly spotted them, her orange eyes tracking his every moment as he came closer. She watched Leona for a reaction when Sybol assumed a playful posture and offered a greeting. Leona looked to Towhee for a cue. The mother signed something to her daughter, then glanced back to catch the stranger’s question.

He’s around here somewhere, Towhee replied slowly. Have you tried howling for him? Since that was more or less a rhetorical question, she added, I’m Towhee, the Praefectus, and this is Leo.