Whitefish River here 2 china

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She was hungry. She was always hungry. The lucky days in which she managed to snag a mouse or catch a squirrel unawares were few and far between, and no amount of scattered morsels could satisfy the deep hunger that plagued her after her long journey here. The endless discomfort and restlessness made her agitated and irritable, and she often found her temper short and her patience thin for no apparent reason.

Hunting in these lands was so different from what she was accustomed to. She had grown up in the barren, unforgiving north, where vast herds of caribou and bison roamed the open tundras. Game was large, slow, and heavy, and the entire pack participated in taking it down. It was easy to run down a meal on the open flatlands outside of their forests. They feasted until they were fat and lethargic. Here, however, everything was different. Dark, dense woods, thick, tangly scrubs and hollows, deep ravines, steep mountain slopes, soaring cliffs, and countless other obstacles made hunting far more convoluted and difficult. She had to learn how to do it all over again, it seemed. She had to be stealthier, faster, better. She had to think abstractly, be clever, and outfox (outwolf?) her quarry.

Much as she hated to say it, she needed a pack.

She padded alongside the rocky shore of the river near the forest where she and Antares were staying until they figured out exactly what they wanted to do. There was no way they'd be able to make it on their own when winter came, but for now, they had time to while away the warm summer days in careless (if hungry) freedom. The lower half of her body was wet, and vibrant eyes scanned the rushing surface of the river in search of the telltale glint of fish scales gleaming in the sunlight. For the moment, she saw nothing. As she rounded a bend in the river, she saw another wolf a little further up the shore, wading about in the river seemingly in search of fish himself. Her curiosity piqued, she paused where she stood, the cool water lapping at her toes, and watched him.