Redtail Rise Needlework the way, never you betray

Yeah? Atreus’s confusion was evident in his inflection; he would’ve thought that much was obvious.

Ancelin didn’t press it, so neither did Atreus. They continued striding along the fringes of the rendezvous site, the darker boy eager to pinpoint a scent, any scent.

Says who? he wanted to know when Ancelin insisted they needed a minimum of three hunters.

But he didn’t give his brother a chance to reply. Rather, the mouse that ran across his paw when he idly nosed a small log they passed did not. Caught by surprise, Atreus did not attempt to snap at it until it made it over his foot and began scurrying right toward Ancelin.