Dragoncrest Cliffs Toujours

each pearl was unearthed from its dark husk; each wolf studied carefully for their expression. to learn she shared a pearl color with her mother fanned a strange pride in her heart, but it burned low.

astera's was so pretty! and tousaint's -- its black sheen shimmered as its new owner stood over it proudly.

miette might have accepted astera's offer were it not for the look shared between her and chacal. she sat prim, obedient as any impatient housecat -- tail flicking to announce it was through her own good will she cooperated, and nothing less.

thibault shared a pearl with her. miette apprised her brother with a new look -- did this mean they were the same?

her heart churned with conflict, for she felt often very few understood her.

the pearl was held to the sand while chacal finished the last of her song.

that night, miette set her pearl loose in the glintwater.