Blacktail Deer Plateau The Obsession Within

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He had spent little time exploring the new lands, but he ventured forth now, assured of his place in Lethe's ranks. He would range to collect poppyseed, bone, and baneberry, bloodied skulls and pieces of pelt, for there was to be a rite that would be more powerful than ever before.

He followed the sharp drop of a ridge for some time, before his deathly slimness forced him to pause and draw breath. His eyes had retained their sharpness, however; he forged deeper into the land, assiduously avoiding the scent-markers of a nearby pack. When he turned his attention to them, however, he remembered the black shadow whom he had once taught, and a savage light lit his glacial eyes.

He called for her then, believing the hawk-woman nearby, and paused in anticipation of her arrival.