Blacktail Deer Plateau Back in the days

Raleska felt an old cloud of desolation descend her. She hedged a sigh into the bitter cold, thankful in that moment Aningan was still here even though everything else changed and everyone else left.

"And Rosalyn and Erzulie," Raleska added, feeling gratitude for the two matrons that had remained in her life all this time as well. "Hunt with me?"

She knew a hunt would take her mind off of the present, and bring her feet back to the ground. Waiting for Aningan, Raleska offered a brief smile and then made for the thinning trees where prey often foraged among the pinestraw for meals.