Emberwood rose gold glow in your face

He reluctantly (we're assuming here) departed from the woman in the vale and headed down to flat lands. It was a forest that greeted him with vibrant autumn colors. Once it was a home for plenty of prey but it was vacant now. He couldn't deny his appreciation for the silence though that came from the vacancy. It gave him time to just simply be. For a few heart beats it was nice but it quickly melted to give way to his loneliness.

Then there a sound that alerted his sense to the fact that he may not be alone. A bush in the distance seemed to move. Almost like the wind had rustled it but more forceful than that. He approached with careful steps until he was within a distance to be heard by whatever made the bushes a home. Hello? There was hesitancy in his hoarse voice but he had already come this far.