Blackfoot Forest The Strangest Thing

@Khaba c:

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She delayed at the edge of the creekbed, dark ears pivoting with each new sound, assessing the air with a shifting nose. There was potential danger in these woods. She was tracking near packland, and the river brought together creatures from all walks of life. Some were outwardly vile, but more dangerous were monsters who knew how to play at being wolf.

Confident that she was alone, Tauris trailed down the embankment and plunged her paws into the water. The stream greeted her, lapping at her legs with ice and flowing between short strands of brown fur. She lowered her maw and drank, water cold on her teeth. She would spend some time here, to see what prey she might coax from the bracken before continuing west.