Emberflame Ridge Whatever you wish for, you keep

it felt good to roam, and with the healer found and now sequestered sulukinak felt drawn to go far again, and often; climbing back towards the coast, she diverts up the rise and through the trees.

there is no need, now. no quest for help, no need for more knowledge; this was done only for herself, to satisfy an itch that the hunters had left her with.

she growled, seeking animal scents and rolling in the stronger ones: stoat musk, a fox path next, tempted further by deer scat - but then, noise. movement.

a child? it was hard to tell at first, but, yes. it's attention was upward-focused, so the shadow could creep closer and closer, unseen, but watching.