Soft ashes held the form of footprints traveling down the cascades of long cooled lava, and the cool winter air was masked by the heat of Ashlands Mountain. It had been three years since Sangura had felt ash and basalt beneath her, but she was not a curious teen exploring lands that her herd had called forbidden, this was a rebellious daughter returning home to her mother after running away.
Sangura felt uneasy in the Ashlands, but it was not because the landscape was drained of any co...