Redtail Rise ooh girl, wouldn't that feel nice?

it took hours, but when sobeille reached the summit a quiet gasp left her mouth. below her, the entire valley rolled out beneath her in waves of dark greys and blues. in a way it reminded her of standing on the cliffs of her home shore. a powerful homesickness roiled within her as she traced the backlands until they met the snarling edge of the tangle. there, just beyond the black blot of fen was --

sapphique.

she could leave now, and by the time sivaak knew she was gone and tracked her here, sobeille would be hours downhill and almost back in the loving arms of her maman.

as tempting as it was, sobeille's claws curled into the frozen earth with steady determination. she had learned much from sivaak these months. how to pull big game down by their throats. how to track. and perhaps most important of all, how to ensure her legacy.

she could not leave, not yet. the lovesickness that curled around her heart in choking smoke turned to something softer as she thought of yura, just budding into her womanhood and ready to tap into her true power. this sobeille could not miss; not for all of sapphique's embrace.

deep in thought, sobeille kicked a stone down the slope and listened to the gradually increasing plunks as the stone spun out of view below.

the wind rose and danced between the fur along her shoulder blades. it carried a scent that caused sobeille to tense, scanning around her with a hard squint.

@Mulherin?