Swiftcurrent Creek wild inside

Belatedly, Cambria realized he hadn’t answered all of Etienne’s questions. He gently set his foot back on the ground as the healer reassured him. His words soothed the jagged edges of fear in his heart even as the sound of his voice stoked a fire in it. He hadn’t realized how much he’d missed it.

He had no desire to argue with Etienne, so he simply said, Okay, and readied himself to follow. It happened a little less than a week ago, by the way, and I did my best to clean it. Guess it wasn’t good enough. Cambria huffed a dry laugh. Anyway, thanks, Eti.

As they strolled deeper into the territory, the yearling made sure to stay very close to Etienne—not hard to do—and mind his posture. It felt a little strange, like he was trespassing, but maybe they didn’t mind guests. He didn’t think the Redtails would have entertained them, but Etienne couldn’t be more different than them.

That prompted him to share, Redtail Rise is gone. Well, I guess the rise itself is still there, but the Redtails aren’t, unless something had changed in the past month. They didn’t have a healer anyway, he murmured, frowning as he thought of Redd for the first time in a while.