Silver Moraine XVII

when evening fell, augur stood with @Sunday Morning upon the bare and silverpierced land that divided the forest from the rise's extended hunting grounds.

this time he had been dominant. augur had stalked to and fro as he waited for the proper moment to call blood eyes. new snow must stay here. 

when red woman knew, she might act in anger. if augur was not honest, she might flush new mother and new children from their hidden den and kill the latter.

he had seen such things. his mother had culled pups. he did not want the same fate for his. but red woman was his leader. so she must know.

stay here, he growled to new snow in wolven tones meant only for their ears. he could not command her if she would not listen. but he knew her to be intelligent. and submission to him now was favorable to injury from another.

he looked at her for a long moment, and then went away.

and when he was in the plains, he called for @Prophet.