Bearclaw Valley kirratchaiktitkaa

she shouldn't have been out this far.

shouldn't have been lingering near the borders. but there was a comfort found here she could not gain elsewhere in the valley.

home. she could smell home from here.

zephyra treaded along the invisible boundary as if it were a balance beam, tiptoeing carefully as if not to fall over the wrong side.

her focus had been toward her paws until a call drew it upward. last time she'd intercepted a stranger she'd been ushered away.

"this ain't your problem," cole's words bellowed in her head.

she gave a scoff, cleared her thoughts, and made to move toward whoever it was that had called for their attention.