Great Bear Wilderness night sun

the man ran like a hunted animal. sulukinak knew the feeling well, having grown up hidden and afraid with a rabbit-heart; and here was her uncle, a hungry man she lent her energy towards.

together they made their way. she knew better than to look back. her fear was not of a true chase - but of her own heart's weakness, and that she might turn for dutch, if he might be following.

sulukinak had made her promise to the village, and she knew she could not reverse the course of her life now. the man's blood flowed in her veins, through her fur, across her skin.