Meadowlark Prairie XXXV

Patient zero was on the mend, though their morale was beginning to flag. The rest of the war party had fallen ill and they had been far from home for such a long time. Masquerade ached for the rise, particularly their little nest beneath the pine at the edge of the rendezvous site.

They did not make any complaints, heeling obediently wherever Avicus and Augur led them. When the latter moved off to hunt, Masque looked around for Redd, then loped after the Ulfhedinn.