Neverwinter Forest only he looked to the stars and demanded more

With a snarl and a snap she had sent off the last male who had attempted to court her. Too young, too sickly. Garnet had no interest in waiting another year only to be saddled with weakling pups.

It was the scent of another which drew her into the forest; older, healthier, altogether more appealing. She followed his trail, weaving between trees with her tail waving high in the air. Yet she was wary. Garnet did not close the last of the distance between them but stopped short, howling to make her intentions known. It was a mate she sought, not a potential fight.

Winter would be upon them soon, and the time to claim a place of her own was now.