Moonspear You got words to say, Sister.

The howl jarred her out of a crouch, the hare she’d been stalking bolting into a nearby burrow. Treepie barely noticed, as she was already swiveling. Moving as swiftly as the wild rabbit, she rushed down the mountainside to heed Tiki’s urgent call.

Tiki! she exclaimed as soon as she laid eyes on her sister. What is it? she asked breathlessly as she closed the distance and began nosing at the other she-wolf.

She didn’t smell blood or otherwise detect any sign of an injury. Tiuttuk stepped back to take in the look on Tikaani’s face and wondered if she had just learned about the deaths in Moonglow.