Ghost Lion Crag tunilaaga ♢

it was cat that had arcturus on edge, though the howl that tumbled down from the gilded mountain did little to assay his nerves.

kukutux.

arcturus' gut clenched as he pressed on. he had thought of her -- and moonspear -- often; in a way, moonspear's shadow had never left him.

she was just as he remembered her; slimmer, perhaps -- no doubt from the toils of nursing. she held a peculiar bundle of skin and fur, as was customary for her. of all the wolves arcturus had met, he had never met a wolf quite like kukutux.

"kukutux," the mountaineer breathed into the wild, skin prickling and his heart slowly gaining speed.