Redtail Rise This Time, Baby, I’ll Be Bulletproof

A small growl punctuated the air as Riley filled in the blanks. Even this piecemeal strategy of information was enough for him to understand.

She meant the days following Avicus’ death. Of the unsettled smoke that singed the edges of the Rise’s encampment.

He agreed, of course, with everything she said — but it was the news of Avicus’ choice that brought his widening gaze to her in surprise.

So take what is yours.