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For Leila


The distance stretched on between Journey and her home in Northfall. She had met but a few others, though she had not been reunited with her brother, nor had she found someone she might call packmate that she might take back home with her. For now, she was happy enough to explore the tundra wilds where she had not quite been able to before.

After leaving the deep Veil behind, her legs itched for the openness of the plains again. The alpines were growing colder each day with autumn breaking, yet this day the sun held high in the sky. It held back the haze of her cold home and warmed her back as she gallops through the fields.