Shadow Mountain hunted down

She was not a wolf of the mountains, but that did not stop Pukei from trying to ascend their peaks – much to her own peril. She had chosen one of the smaller ranges, figuring it's lack of height would afford her some small comfort in the form of less snowpack, but the ground was still frozen and the slippery rocks threatened to send her tumbling off the cliffside. Curiosity, however, spurred her forward, and she figured the view at the top would at least give her some idea of the lands she found herself in.

Unknowingly, the girl followed in the pawsteps of the stranger, and remained oblivious until the scent became too strong to ignore. There was another, too, but not of wolf – raccoon? What was a raccoon doing so far up the mountainside? Interest piqued, Pukei directed her course at a steady trot to beeline straight for the woman until her dark form came into view up ahead.