Marked From Birth
And then, she saw them.
Figures. Not humans, and not wolves. They moved with a jagged, insect-like grace along the vertical faces of the canyons. They were draped in rags the color of dried blood, and their eyes—wide and pale—did not reflect the light. They were the Glass-Walkers, the descendants of the scouts who had been abandoned in the canyons during the Great Drought.
"They're not attacking," Mara whispered, peering through a brass telescope. "They're... following us. Like a funeral procession."