As she moved through the rocky trail, she failed to notice she was being pegged down by a shadow that wasn't her own. While Cara had also refused to travel a lot during her reign in the Spine, she had always held an interest for the lands beyond the craddling peaks of the Ouroboros. She too, had heard stories of wolves far away, living in the higest peaks like Vienna; the young chatty female she'd once met, and on barren lands filled with mountain-tipped snow.
She had heard all of the stories in the book, except the one Tethys took part in.
The Nereides, and their heavenly resort by the beach had remained hidden to the young yearling's knowledge. She had spent so much time pacing the Spine's grounds that she had forgotten what 'outside' felt like. Though she would never be as agile as the little mouse that scurried a couple of yards in front of her as she made her way up, she had always loved the tunnel system that hid under Silvertip.
Suddenly the tiny critter that had served as bitter company during her tour around the abadoned ruins of Jinx's palace bolted into a small opening in the dirt, disappearing for good and leaving Cara to deal with the shadow's ambush by herself...
