The lands were becoming cold again as night fell, bitterly so. Wretch took one exhausted step after another toward her destination, the Ichika borders. She was tired, but at the same time she refused to let her guard down and sleep anywhere but inside of the packlands. She'd had Tawny to watch over her in the past and to use for some protection...but now the females had gone their separate way. Wretch wasn't sure where the brown canine was headed, but she had ultimately decided to return to Ichika for the time being. She needed the pack's resources - now that it was growing colder, she would be able to kill one animal and bundle the meat to bury below ground for freshness. One deer could last the small girl her quite a while, after all. Outside of Ichika she hadn't found much to eat.
She slipped through the border without hesitation. Wretch needed to grab a few more items from Cerne Rise before she moved out of it completely, things she'd left behind in her rush to leave the lands after she had ended the life of a coyote just beyond the borders. Then she wasn't sure where she would go. Loner life wasn't fun or easy, though the freedom of it was nice. But she could remain within the pack and still wander a bit...but keep the benefits of pack life. At least for a few more months, through the deadest parts of winter.
The hybrid female shifted her leather backpack up a little higher on her shoulders, trying to make it sit a bit better. She didn't carry much with her, but what she did have was very valuable to her. Jewelry that she had found in Trenton and Halifax, a few tools and equipment for making fires, and a little bit of food. Wretch had found something else in the city, but she did not wear this on her back. It was a long red cloak made of wool. It had been moth-eaten in a few places, but the maroon patches that she'd found didn't stand out too much against the fuzzy surface. It had served her well thus far. She began the long walk toward Cerne Rise, her aqua eyes rising from the ground to view the sky above. She had just enough daylight to get there, if she'd judged right.
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