Jade Fern Grove Stay Gold

I'm so so sorry for the late reply! Been buried in obligations the last couple weeks. I couldn't resist twisting the knife here

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She saw something there- apprehension in her comrade’s eyes. Tauris felt it too and gave a reassuring chuff, a silver shoulder to brush against her gold. Pangs of excitement trickled down each limb as the wolves waded down wind through swaths of the ear-high veld. Eyes and nose surveyed the herd, before a suitable mark was made.

Between laps of slathered lips came a hushed voice, “The fawn.”

She tipped her nose to the dappled calf, who teetered beside their mother.