Herbalists' Cache muradoii

cameo >:D

she left sapphique under watch of @Shadess and @Lafayette; certain then that there was nothing to do but wait for reinforcements.

in that time, sobeille could not sit idle. she scoured for her family, but she knew she searched for sivaak too.

sivaak, fat with pup. vulnerable.

how could she repay muradoii for this injustice? the answer was perfectly simple: treat them as muradoii treat the sharadoii. loosen their blood to nourish the earth. slaughter their women at sea.

many months sobeille spent living under the caribou-killer’s tutelage; did sivaak forget the girl watched all, learned all?

one day sobeille discovered sivaak’s scent braided among a network of caribou and other wolves. she stalked until she came upon clear signs of excavation. using deadfall as cover, sobeille listened to the thunder of the muradoii’s booming howls. a fierce tide of hatred and love alike nearly flattening her to the ground with nausea as she listened to the new lives within.

wait, strange girl. a ripple of sinuous energy quivered under sobeille’s skin.

while she watched, another woman arrived - adorned in pretty hues of caribou brown and ochre. her attractive physicality commanded sobeille’s interest.

replaced already? sobeille’s eyes darkened as she realized this woman was welcome. the lives of untold young were saved that day by black hawk’s deterring presence.

sobeille took great risk being here, outnumbered. she would do her family no justice seeking vengeance at the cost of her own life. she must wait as the killers of the sea waited under the towing tide. when her hour came to catalogue sivaak’s final accounting, the muradoii would learn that sapphique struck as whales do;

biting, tearing, dragging under until the seas darkened to scarlet.

but not today.

some miles away from the den, sobeille tipped her head back in a long howl that clawed the skies. let them hear her; let them wonder. only sivaak would know sobeille’s voice lifted for muradoii that day, a black mark hung upon the head of her children sobeille intended to collect.