Starglow Basin Panthera Leo

the siena-backed wolf moves into the basin. 

soto’s in no position to accost him. 

he follows, noting the man’s plucky confidence. 

close enough now to be seen, soto makes himself known. 

and waits — this could be an interloper, or it could be more assassins from muat riya. 

soto’s claws curl into the sun-baked sand in apprehension.