Redtail Rise LXXIV

Moon Runner had learned of Red Wolf’s challenge through the bloodspots on the ground. Once dispersed, she had returned to exchange fangs with Faraway Shadow and had lost.

A wheel could only take so much vibration until it was derailed. At some point, their unity waned. Their borders fell. The engine that was Redtail Rise malfunctioned, its parts cast away.

Moon Runner orbited the Rise, as Earth did its sun. Somehow, the nights felt colder. Lonlier.

The pale yearling howled in reply when she heared Wise Father’s call.

Then, she loped toward him, magnetised by the desire to feel whole once again.