Redtail Rise Battle of the Gods

she watches Masque with the stick and thinks, clever girl.

she sinks down low and watches as the badger starts, looking hard into the brush where her daughter had vanished. the danger is there. . .

Avicus steps forward, step, by step, by step—

she lunges and finds a hind leg, feeling the animal thrash in her grasp. she cries out between her teeth, summoning Masquerade to end this animal's life, while she digs deep into the earth, holding it at bay.

each twist wrenches her teeth; she wants blood.