Neverwinter Forest let's leave my truck in the drive

bride price ii — the doe pelt

with the conditions of what she would accept in exchange for her hand in marriage, he thinks of vairë as he ventures further away from sapphique than he has since joining.

his intended, to be doewife — if he could complete this last task — had asked for a doe pelt.

as he trudges thru the thick pines of neverwinter forest, the scent of moonglow drifting from the south, he wonders if he'd been foolish to think this would be the easier of the two tasks.

he'd been following the doe, wandering idly away from her herd, for at least the last hour. watching her exploration, when she pauses to graze. he will have to make his move ...and soon. before she returned to her herd or they started to look for her.

but he is not familiar with this forest and feels his disadvantage and lack of help like a stone anchor in his stomach.