Sea Lion Shores you say you will if you could but you can't

with a bark of delight, aditya did a leap in the air before dashing off, kicking up sand. the trip down the coast, seeing coelacanth again. . .all of it had put him in an extraordinarily good mood, and he wanted to take full advantage of it before being weighed down by the pressures of responsibility again. he was a brown blur against the beach, flying like a seabird.

speaking of seabirds, he wondered if he could try his luck catching one. his muzzle lifted to stare at the sky, hawkish gaze scanning the area for the creatures, and he was about to head toward the cliff when he came inches away from colliding with a stationary figure on the beach.

"oh, shit, sorry--" his apology died in his throat as he wheeled around and caught a good look at the other wolf. immediately, his hackles raised and the fur along his nape and spine prickled, and he bared his teeth in a snarl. "you!" he said in awful tones, taking a menacing step forward.

engel. the anger he had held for the man had largely dissipated over the past couple of moons--he'd been too busy to dwell on it--but now it was back, and tenfold, since sorrel's presence was a constant reminder of what kind of a wolf his former friend was. he glanced toward the isle, hoping the girl hadn't followed him to the mainland, before returning his cold stare to the ex-morningsider.