Sera had a little lamb
Laz
03-13-2021, 12:09 PM
Much to Tyrian's chagrin, a clique of coyotes had succeeded in blasting apart the herd on his watch. Mangy as they were, the coyotes had been quite clever and if he wasn't so pissed he would have been forced to acknowledge their wiles. Clearly they had been paying attention to the wolves' herding ways; their attack had been simple, chaotic and effective. They'd run straight into the huddle of sheep and then each gave chase in a different direction. The end result was an explosion of terrified sheep in all directions that had been impossible for those on watch to keep track of. Even after the coyotes had been dealt with Tyrian still had the problem of gathering up all of the sheep who had scattered far and wide. Tyrian, with Tashi in tow, was following the trail of one of the stragglers. Most of the sheep had been found in small huddles here and there, but this young one, for whatever reason, hadn't met up with its fellow herdmates. Usually once things were calm the sheep tended to group back together and Tyrian was afraid that he was following the trail of a casualty of the raid. Whether or not it had been killed or injured was yet to be seen, but enough time had passed since the attack that he wasn't holding out hope for a live sheep. The familiar clanking of a bell caused both wolf and langur to perk up. Tyrian turned off the path he was on, leaped up onto an outcropping and, there below on the other side, was the missing sheep. His eyes had just enough time to settle on it when the wolf holding its collar registered. Tyrian's relief turned to wariness. Had a wolf been working with the coyotes? He hadn't seen one during the raid but it had been a chaotic scene. Her complicity was one possibility, sure, but she appeared to be pulling it towards Fireside. A good samaritan, maybe? Was there such a thing? "That's far enough, stranger." "" |
