White Hawk~
Lamochatee of Panther Clan
Este Nation, Tallu
Forsmoon, 4413
Lamochatee flattened his back against a tall pine. The morning drizzle swept a wet strand of hair down over his eye. He brushed it aside and dared one slow peek around the pine’s trunk.
The men traveled the trail through the woods, their attention fixed ahead as they rode.
Lamochatee clenched his toes in the pine straw, and the wet seeped through his soft bucs. The sparse underbrush offered no cover, but he needed none. He moved too quickly and quietly for the men to notice. He ducked his head and bolted to the next tree.
Even stalking them on foot, Lamochatee easily kept pace with the long line of riders, horses, and pack mules. He counted at least a dozen mules trudging the path westward, laden with overstuff
