Blackfeather Woods i blew a man away

in rare form, the girl followed obediently. she wondered where this adult was taking her; the more she thought about it, the more suspicious she became - what if it was a trick? averna did tricks. sometimes, relmyna did tricks too -- would this wolf try to trick her as well?

her gaze hardened, and resolute, the girl clenched the squirming toad harder. a flutter of dark feathers above caused the adult to lose her composure - heartlessly, astara watched; it was a weird reaction that earned shisu a critical stare.

and then a mean-spirited giggle pressed its way through long toad legs and frothy tongue, its author utterly unrepentant to how it may affect shisu.