The problem was that Koli truly had taught her every trick he knew, insofar as tracking went. Tove dogged his trail across the Shiverpeaks, losing it when he met up with other Svanir (other–for he was one now too, the heart frostbitten through) only to pick it up again later. Even when they left the […]
This, Tove thought, was the worst kind of success. Oh, she’d found Koli, hunting near his homestead. But he didn’t so much as greet her when she strode from between the trees. “Uncle.” He glanced up and then away, gently freeing a rabbit from his snare and resetting it. “Koli.” She stepped closer. Claiming space […]
Watching her bobcat frolic in the snow was only entertaining for so long. Tove pulled her coat in more snugly around herself and sighed. “Where’s Uncle Koli?” The area around Koli’s tent was more cluttered than usual, and the stack of firewood was slumped over. She frowned at it. Koli’s mate had kept an orderly […]