Moonspear as side-passed lovers lost in the dark

unsure of how to describe the leaf, kukutux straightened. "i will show you." turning her small body, the wolfess hesitated only a moment before setting off at a quick foxlike trot through the thick weald. she assumed arcturus would follow.

leading him to her ulaq, suddenly self-conscious of her cluttered hearth, kukutux ducked inside and reemerged with a strip of weathered deerskin. she lay it at his feet, and the stiff hide uncurled to reveal raspberry leaves of various sizes, now all dried pale with the winter. a step back; she glanced quickly to see his observation.