Noctisardor Bypass The Fox & The Hound

While Mahler pressed his muzzle between her slender shoulder blades, Druid frantically scraped her leathery paw pad over her tongue. Eventually she managed to clear most of the cattail’s strange fibers from her mouth. She hacked one last time, then gulped in a raspy breath and sat up straight, just in time to see Nyra finish off the monstrous cat.

Druid could only blink dumbly between the giant of a woman and her dead enemy. There was so much blood, the air began to stink of it. She wanted to know more about the dead creature, though she realized that Nyra was wounded and pressed to her feet, looking to her with concern before glancing at Mahler.

Pressure around her ankle drew her attention downward. Bracelet remained in place despite all the commotion. While her eyes were downcast, Druid noticed the cattail beside the dead cougar, its stuffing strewn about the stained grass.