Redtail Rise Melt

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He’d searched for Masquerade for weeks.

And now she returned to the Rise on her own volition.

What speared him more is her call was addressed to Redd. It was deliberate, measured, subtly acknowledging the fact that her disappearance was on her own accord. 

She chose to leave them. And that was something the boy had secretly wished was untrue. His hopes collapsed like a miserable house of cards. 

All he was left with was a fiery sort of frustration he didn’t know what to do with.

He blames her, Masquerade, for Roamer’s (and maybe even Redsky’s) prolonged disappearance.

But in the end, through his searching—which cost his allegiance to be questioned—he found more of himself. He found that no matter where he went, how far he traveled, he could never leave the Rise.

These thoughts fleet around in his head before he sees the pale form of Moon Runner, rushing with undeniable urgency, toward New Snow’s den. Her near-panic concerns the Berserkr. He feels a wave of protectiveness over her and the pups—he has to protect them from outsiders.

With a low woof, he tails after Moon Runner. 

And once they arrive, the Treow dives into the den.

Briefly, the Berserker pokes his head inside, then turns away and flops onto his belly; a statuesque den guard.

He’s drawn his line in the sand.