Neverwinter Forest kiiksiugun ⊎

They could not wait any longer.

Kukutux pushed on through the woods and to the lake. Panuk was sure to keep his large body close, supportive of her. His eyes fixed worriedly to her face. The lines of grief that had been etched into her features were difficult to swallow.

And when they arrived at the water and the boy saw his grandfather, his heart sunk. Warmth seeped through his blood and filled him with a deeply uncomfortable feeling. There, on the water, he could see the white man standing. This time Ariadne was not with him. It was just the white man and his watery, flowing eyes.

Kukutux instructed the boy to stay with his grandfather. Panuk would not disappoint her.

The dark earthy boy waded out, soaking his belly and chest in lake water. He pressed his thick frame to Aiolos before tucking his snout in the fur at his grandpa’s chest.

It’s okay, grandpa…