Emberwood kigon

"there's a pack nearby. we'll ask there. and then — back to rivenwood," she said. "i shouldn't have left." her chest hurt for a moment; she shut her eyes in apology. "i don't regret taking you and running. but i — gideon. we have to go back and look for him first."
then the others?
druid? her mind asked plaintively, and she tried not to dwell. "if he's not there, we'll head toward the glacier. it used to be called duskfire when i was a kid."
silence then, heavy, lapsing. skaigona glanced around and began to set a perimeter for tonight's camp.