Blacktail Deer Plateau insensate

if he recognized the sickness festering within her, ingram spoke nothing of it. perhaps, she thought tiredly, he was content to let her die. perhaps he would replace her with the woman whose scent sang through the territory.

perhaps she would deserve such a fate.

if he held these secrets in his heart, her husband hid them well. her eyes shifted in the direction of the scent and the woman who bore it. what will you do? she asked, gaze still fixed to the distance.