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For a moment the land was cast in silver again. Ember didn't understand why more wolves didn't come out at night. Some said that it was bad for hunting, but she'd been able to catch plenty of night animals outside before. Her favorite thing to eat was turkey...but she'd only found one of those once in her entire life. Most of the time she was able to catch animals unaware in the darkness--they were groggy from sleep, and when flushed out, didn't know where to go to get away from her. Or where she even was, really.
There wasn't a lot of life over here, though...not on this half of the mountain. She'd heard that a forest would grow back, replenish itself...but how long would that take? Years? And then it'd take years after that for animals to finally begin moving back in. So they'd never be able to go back there. Not during her lifetime, anyway.
She heard a voice behind her and almost gasped. She'd thought she was completely alone. Who would be in this area this early in the morning? The voice was feminine, no doubt there...but she didn't know it. Maybe a coyote had been investigating the darkness, just like she had been. Should she speak? Ember kept her mouth closed for a few moments, unsure. But why not? She could always run away if whoever it was wanted to fight with her. She was a quick runner. "But you can't see me."She'd just given herself away. She cast her gaze about, trying to catch the glitter of eyes...but the moon dissapeared just then, swallowed into the clouds.
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