Ravensblood Forest the tree who cried crimson

Backdated to the 4th. @Derg; left the setting vague since Finley’s on his trail

Finley could get used to this. It was a cool, brisk afternoon as she trotted through the Ravensblood Forest, a light breeze keeping summer humidity at bay. Oddly quiet, she thought, for a pack lands, but it was just recruiting; with a canine like Donovan at the helm, she expected the place to be full in no time.

But it would be nice to meet the other recruits, sooner or later. There were two she knew of, Donovan’s volatile partner Nemisis and a weak, sniveling male named Derg. The former she was slightly afraid to meet alone; the latter, curious to see his development. If Donovan promised to turn even dogs like him into warriors….

When she caught a whiff of another male in the woods, decidedly not of Donovan’s mixed heritage, Finley decided she’d seek out company for once. So off she traveled, head high, to get a feel for one of the wolves she’d be living with.