Ouroboros Spine snow blade

it was not where she wished to be. akmaaksi found the winterstorm's trail when she and @Tautukpik had come back to the village.

she swallowed anger until it singed her gut; she jerked her muzzle toward grandmother's ulaq, pace quickening in anticipated misery.

her gaze did not invite interpretation as moonwoman lifted her head in curiosity, glancing from firegirl to owlbrother.

would she let them go? akmaaksi looked toward her sibling again, near desperate in her own way for him to speak, to ask freedom before the man they once called aapa showed himself again.