Moonspear In all my years of living

A strange noise hit her ears, causing Tiuttuk to go rigid as she listened. It did not repeat. By chance, she glanced down at her companion. Only then did it dawn on her that he had made the sound. He was trying to catch and direct her attention.

Following his eye line, her own gaze panned over the field. She saw a flicker of movement near the base of a rock pile. Her heart beat a little faster as she squinted, then dropped when she heard the telltale warning call.

Shoot, she muttered, ears pinning to her skull as the pika repeated its shrill call.

As others took up the cry, Pie heaved a sigh and climbed to her paws. Carefully, she descended the boulder’s sloped face and dropped down beside Hakumele. She shot him an apologetic look.

We’ve been made, she stated the obvious.