Duskfire Glacier [M] a place for your head

sulukinak led the newly arrived @Blackfell to a place among the shelves of ice, where many of darukaal had made their sleeping places. one in particular had been prepared for him; the hide within held a subtle sweet note, as sulukinak had rolled in the lupines of the field and then upon the furs there.
still oblivious to who this man was, except he was not loyal now to her uncle, sulukinak had questions. usually she would speak her mind; but the energy between the man and the darkuaal chieftain had left her cautious.
as they came to a stop she regarded the man, studying his face, and thought she knew him—but maybe it was better she say nothing.
you want meat? she asked instead, a little too loudly given the late hour. the sky was just beginning to bruise with dawn light.