we didn't start the [FIRE IN ABAVEN]

Shaye was just outside Abaven when the day-storm started, and she hurried back. Her children hadn't seen many storms in their time, and she wanted to make sure they were safely in their dens. Who knew where they might be in the early evening hours. She had just crossed the border when Imperia found her, she looked to the bird at the same time as lightning flashed. She couldn't see it hit at this angle, but the flash of light in the gloomy day startled her. She really wanted to find her children. She was about to ask Imperia to help her when she heard Rhymes warning cry. [I] fire [\I] his frightened voice cried. Shayes fur bristled in worry. A threat of wolves was one they could face, but nature herself? She picked up her pace, the dry storm crackling over head, and she could feel the energy in the air tingling on her tongue.


She ran, she ran like her life depended on it as she moved towards Rhymes cry. She found him when she reached the thicket, and she could see the blaze, tearing through the long grass as quickly as rushing water through a river. “Rhyme!” she shouted as the clouds boomed above them. “RHYME!” She shouted again, certain her first cry had been swallowed by the sky. Her eyes were almost white with fear but she didn't stop moving towards the fire. “EVACUATE THE THICKET. EVACUATE THE THICKET. GET TO THE RAPIDS” She howled with all her might.


She didn't do as she ordered, she was close enough now to feel the heat on her coat. “Get to Brandr’s den!” she cried to Rhyme, thinking his was closest to the blaze and afraid him and his family may get trapped within their den. She struggled to remember how many denned in the thicket. “I'll get Octave!” The only other wolf who denned here was Cael, but she was certain her navigator wasn't in abaven territory, she hadn't scented her for a while. [I] Cannival[\i] she wasn't certain where the lioness denned. She would try, she would try to find her next. "Octave!"