Silverlight Terrace ancestral follower

Clueless of her tracker, the young Long Rain discovered the scent of a creature she had never encountered before. She followed the stench through the tall grass, ignorant of the dangerous path she now stalked.

It wasn't long before she came upon the squat opening of a warm badger set. There was a vicious growling from inside the dark burrow, which Long Rain hesitated to heed. She flinched back from the sound initially but went forward again, sniffing curiously and wondering about what thing could make such ominous sounds. Not wolf, not cat, but something else...