snow patrol

Patrolling in the snow was a tedious affair, slow-going even along the well trodden paths of their borders. His short legs didn't make it any easier but by now he was used to the slog, understood there was no way around it, unless he stayed cooped up in the Col all winter. A prospect that near brought a shudder down his spine, Azure had said he coasted through life like his Mother, the closest to an insult he'd received yet. Either way there was work to be done and Levi would do it, seeing as no one else seemed to be about to do it.

The Mile High Woods were quiet, secluded from the hustle and bustle of the Col, freshly fallen snow littered with hoof prints and tracks that wove deeper into the trees. Something no doubt the pack hunters were aware of, but for now Levi case his gaze outside, to what threats may lie beyond.