Neverwinter Forest you don't wanna be seen rollin' in my bar

looking for @Kilgitsuk ; tags for reference <3

kivaluk offers @Chickadee a soft kiss before he slips out of their shared den before the rise of the sun to track a small herd through the neverwinter forest he'd seen heading that way earlier in the week.

the first hunter keeps a closer eye on them now, with winter creeping ever closer.

the herd hasn't yet risen from where they nest among a cloister of pines, bedding of fallen needles warm against the hardening ground.

he keeps a distance, looping 'round their small clearing like a phantom, determined not to wake them. it is during a wide sweep that a scent, old but very there all the same, catches his attention while punching him in the gut.

his guard hairs prickle along the nape of his neck. herd blocked from his mind, kivaluk follows the scent trail, unsure what he'd find ... if anything ... when he reached it's end.