Ankyra Sound No wings of wax or endless mountains

caiaphas had forgotten the mystique the world often held -- and it took the bedazzlement in ephraim's gaze to draw that childish wonder out from her once more. she  watched his blue-fringed form as he looked up at her briefly -- and when he leaned back towards the pool she lightly braced her front limbs forward as if to oblige him in his interest.

she had no intention of letting him fall in; not anymore -- the life that stirred beneath her muzzle was too treasured to the she-wolf, and came at too great a cost. gently, she pulled one leg to the side -- though she kept a watchful eye on him as he leaned closer to the pool's incandescent blue rim.