47 The Silent One

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RETH

It took almost two days of tracking to find the Silent One—which was odd in itself. It had clearly caught the scent of the females in the WildWood city. The scouts had followed it in a direct line towards them for a day while they called Reth. But before he arrived, it had started to circle, spiraling through the WildWood so that Reth almost missed the Scouts that had stayed behind to follow it.

By the time he sighted the animal, his own skin was itching to shift, and the smell of a dominant male hit so hard, he was forced to stop for a few seconds to bring himself under control.