Redtail Rise melisma

he doesn't specify a return destination, but she knows it's Ursus of which he speaks. she shakes her head without hesitation, gazing into the water.

Ave 'hhleader, Avicus responds, eyes following the whorls of current, slipping between the jutting, moss-covered rocks. no room for me 'hhere.

Ashlar had witnessed their great fight. and though brother and sister had since mended the rift, she knew that neither of them would be satisfied unless they themselves ruled the roost. 

in another world, the saying. . ."this town ain't big enough for the two of us."

it paints an evocative picture of two individuals destined to be at odds—

and that was Aventus and Avicus to a tee.

she glances at Ashlar, her eyes warming. i 'hhlike ih' here, she says. it's ours, her face reads. not just hers, but of the wolves that had chosen to follow her. her!