Horizon Ridge Niptaruk

Kigipigak was wide awake despite the hour. As he paced he listened, hoping to hear something in the wind that would give him direction. This dark time would have been better spent gathering his energy through sleep but he couldn't rest yet, he was hungry, but most importantly Kigipigak thought he could hear something large trundling through the woods.

It could have been a bear, thought the young man. He paused and slowly turned his head to help focus on the sound of movement. On second thought it did not sound as heavy-set as a bear, whatever it was. Perhaps a wild pig; a sounder of pigs would have been quite the challenge for Kigipigak to hunt in the dark and he was further intrigued.

The wolf began to prowl in earnest, seeking the sound of movement while trying to mask his own - unaware of how this might look to the woman who was hiking among the trees nearby.