Horizon Ridge trailmix

Caiaphas too had been caught unawares by the rain -- and unwilling to wash the blood of the Sound's most recent sacrifice from her pelt, the frail-boned waif held back under the mighty arms of a sequoia. Sulkily she engaged herself by counting the downed boughs in the forest -- until her eyes fastened on not a fallen tree but a creature.

Reluctant to betray her advantageous position, Caiaphas considered her options. On the one hand, she could just go home and avoid this stranger -- and this was a favorable scenario -- however, Caiaphas could not sit well seeing and knowing a stranger was so close to Ankyra without receiving scolding.

Deciding at last it was best to approach this bespotted wolf, Caiaphas rose and followed the tree-line, gingerly avoiding puddles and rain until she was very obviously in front of Pura.