Redtail Rise Lithium

The scarlet huntress explained, after a beat of bafflement, that her pack was only returning where they belonged. They had been at war, avenging a death, and…

What is she holding back?

Lycabas was not brave enough to ask. He turned his iceblue eyes from her face. It’s not much further, he answered, holding his tongue for the rest of their journey. She seemed eager only for the meat he offered, and the boy feared that if he did not provide her with the ram quickly, that she would take her pound of flesh from his own hide in retribution.

He picked up his pace thereafter, only lifting his head when a murder of crows upon a mound of snow could be seen ahead. There! he called, turning his trot into a lumbering gallop, straight for the winged crowd trying to unearth his poorly concealed kill.