From the bones

He was shaking out his paw like he had hurt it, and she was already reaching out a paw to examine it. She didn’t get so far as to touch his fur however. With her paw outstretched, she saw the hunk of metal he had placed at his side. She gasped in horror and surprise, seeing the crystals glowing on its surface. “Oh!” she gasped, before turning and stepped back towards the rub bone she had discarded in her surprise.

She grimaced, unhappy with the idea of approaching it again, but she had to compare them. She had to know if this crystal was the same sort as his own. With a sick feeling in her stomach, she realised the crystals had already grown in size, no longer little buds attached to the bleached material.

She picked it up very cautiously by the end, and placed it down beside Ruga’s metal. “By the stars!” she whispered, looking up at the tall wolf. She knew she was being terribly rude, but this was all just so shocking. “What could it mean?”


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