Redtail Rise power of the saber blade

His pale shoulders sagged with unspoken relief when she said she would go with him when she could. Cambria nodded, though he realized she wasn’t looking at him. His lips parted to speak when her voice cut across him, furrowing his brow.

It would be kind of pointless to leave without you, he pointed out lightly. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t opposed to going for help, he added, when you’re up for it.

He went quiet then. Cambria wondered if maybe she’d cottoned on to the true nature of his comment a moment ago. He had a lot of misgivings about this place, especially lately, and perhaps he was looking for an excuse to go see Etienne. But he wasn’t just going to run off for the horizon without her.

He blew out another breath, prepared to wait. The yearling then shifted to his own spot, so that he, Redd and Ruckus formed the points of a triangle. He hoped Ruckus would wake soon to eat and that Redd would take this opportunity to rest while he kept an eye on them.

Meanwhile, he ignored both Etienne’s siren song drifting from the mountains and the ominous cloud forming directly overhead.