Nocturne Summit BWP3: PREY OPPORTUNITY

Fox came to hover over him and his eye rolled to look up at her. "Dunno if I can," he murmured. But even as he spoke, his face contorted with the effort of trying to push into an upright position again. He managed, though not without a great deal of aches and pains that tore a groan loose from him. "I really fucked up, Fox," he muttered, shooting her an apologetic look before dropping his gaze, drawing in a steadying breath and rising shakily onto his feet.

He couldn't say whether he would survive this latest round of torment, self-inflicted this time, but he would do his damnedest not to strand his family. Slowly but surely, Peregrine limped beside Fox. And only because of nature's preternatural intervention did they avoid getting torn apart and, miraculously, make their way back to the safety of Redhawk Caldera.