Shadewood And you are, you are, you are

AW but maybe @Pruina ? :D

Riley had briefly parted company with @Masque earlier that morning, wanting to check out a felled tree he’d seen in passing during their hunt the night before.



The tree, likely a hardwood from the way it resisted rot, had fallen some years before. Moss claimed the eastern side of its face, and as Riley pawed the earth gently, he noticed evidence of past claim here in the way the dirt was shifted to the side.

As he walked around the tree, he caught the passing scent of something else too. Pausing to sniff deeply among the leaf litter, Riley realized with some alarm the tracks belonged to a wolf.

He wasn’t sure he how felt about their potential sanctity being breached. Rather than outright hostility, Riley elected to track the scent down — if it was a passerby that was one thing, but if this wolf planned on staying they were about to meet the natives.