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Over the dry grass, the hot air shimmered.

Ruadhán lounged on his side under the shade of an acacia tree. It was dangerous to be caught out in the open when the sun blazed overhead. His thin, scruffy coat and long limbs helped him keep cool, but he would have preferred to retreat to the shadows of the canyons.

Only there were no rocky crevices or cool, underground dens to be found here. He did not yet know this land—nor how he had gotten here. He had survived so far by moving only at night, hunting small game in the brush while the air cooled. He had neither his pack’s markers nor even the stars to guide him. It was if the gods had plucked him from his home and placed him somewhere else entirely. If this was some kind of test, however, Rua would rise to meet it.

Just as his eyes began to droop, a movement in the grass drew his attention. He had been alone, here—until now. His ears stiffened as he watched, but he gave no other sign he had been noticed. For now.

As the stranger continued to move, Rua decided to sit up.

“It’s too hot to be out for a stroll,” Rua called out to her as he panted. “Come sit in the shade.”

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