Arrow Lake it's broken

maybe @Praimfaya and/or @Renard or both?! *eyes*

several wolves had not left astara's mind since the meeting in the pinewood.

first and foremost was naturally nyra - astara savagely hoped she might come across the dove in the forest, and rip into her. secondly was donovan -- and it was the dark thoughts surrounding the warhound that pressed astara from the valley.

two wolves had hung back in their meeting. at first astara had suspected an ambush -- why else hang out of periphery, intentions inscrutable? yet the more she thought of donovan and his bishop derg, the more astara began to suspect it was not that they hadn't trusted ursus -- but they hadn't trusted him. why else camp out on the fringes?

it stood to reason, that if donovan had inspired a division in his alliance with ursus given his inability to be a capable leader, that his subjects might feel the same. the only thing was -- how could astara ever draw forth from them such a confession?

she left @Merrick that dawn, nosing him awake long enough so he would see her limp out into the early mist. she found the silver priest by the stone temple, and nudged her in that insistent way that said come on, we have a job to do.

by noon she had reached the fringes of wapun. an hour before sunset she found the scent she was looking for, and coursed after it at a stiff prowl.