Rattleskin Redoubt mandatum

she had searched! she had looked! he had not been there!

in hoarseness he almost turned, only in time to see her profile and hear the quiet question.

germanicus did not know. on his list of failings, not knowing had ranked far lower until this moment. he did not know. he understood only the sand beneath his paws, the neverending keen of a desert wind.

"i need to formally end my time in the pack, kvarsheim. i am a hunter there. but the story you heard from her is known in the valley. my time there must be done."

first.

second.

"your brothers and you and i should find a place for winter. do you wish to go back to the canyon, valiria?"