Bytown e6: Ugly Rabbit

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It was a wolf track. Walking, not running. In the night, sometime after the last snow. The edges were soft, but still distinct. Working in an arc, off through the forest, slowly making its way in toward...something.

Aisling kept low to the ground, listening carefully for the key to the mystery she couldn’t quite see yet. Her ears stung from the cold, but she couldn’t afford to raise her hood. She had to be sure. If wolves were nearby, she had to be ready.

Somewhere far above, animals moved through the trees, knocking bits of snow free that disintegrated into nothing before it reached the ground.

A twig snapped, echoing for miles.

And nothing followed.

She gave the area one last check, and then carried on.

The temperature was dropping fast, the blue sky turning grey and windy, as another storm approached from the west. The daytime birds moved from perch to perch, trying to find the better spot to shelter for the night. A crow watched her from high above, its head tipping every time she made a sound, like it wanted her to know that it saw her, and was not scared.