Verdigris Ravine the wanting call

the quietness of the women did not dissuade zoug. he was a man; he should be the one to strike first. it was their scents which had called this dog, and now the coyote would send him off.

it was when candle joined the fray that worry rose in his gorge, and so he did not step back so far, keeping his larger body the hopeful target of the heavier blows.

talisman joined him, and zoug was glad. 

if this cur was routed without incident, it would be talisman who claimed koa, as was right in both his mind and by this conflict.