Lake Rodney silence

it was the middle of the night when she arrived.

she was early, yes she knew, but she found she hated to stay any longer on the other side of the mountain. her toes flexed at the edge of the lake. her body ached in ways she could not fathom. her paws cracked and sore, her body leaned from the journey.

she had said nothing this time around. not a word to anybody, she saw little reason for it.

her eyelids grew heavy but she waded into the water all the same.

tavina loomed in her mind.