Starglow Basin deioces

he came along.

men of the clan did not leave their women to forage alone. he certainly would not let his pregnant mate far from his side. zoug was aware of each possible danger in the ravine, his single eye searching for the slither pattern of snakes, the broad tracks of wolves, the blunted, massive print of the occasional cat which searched for water among the scarletstone winding. 

and the reek of coyotes, which came now.

candle called out. 

zoug was a shadow at her side, his bloodstains refreshed, scarlet daubed from chin to chest once more. a thin piece of rabbit-bone was tangled in the fur along the left side of his face, just below the ear.