Hushed Willows 'Cause everything I feel is a waste of time

For @Phobos <3

At least one of her barely-healed ribs had been broken again in the struggle, and now Marina felt the ache of it in full force. Yet she knew she could not let it slow her. She left Athens to hunt while she renewed her search for a place to sleep. Cresting a gentle rise where hills met mountain, her gaze caught on the mouth of a cave near its peak — small enough, perhaps, to comfortably shelter two wolves from the elements.

Marina shot a glance over her shoulder, then started to move further up the slope toward the cave.