Dawnlark Plains beware

mountain boulder watched wealda pace and was unnerved.

something had happened to thorn caller, something he was old enough to have seen before. 

like the younger male, he too had investigated the claw-torn earth, the droplets of scarlet, and the foam.

now he trailed the other two leaders, stepping forward to offer a reassuring rumble which vibrated in the very dirt. 

but he was worried for the pups. between moon runner's illness and now this, mountain boulder was growing rather anxious about their place on the rise.