Ankyra Sound Hold back the Sea

the wraith trotted along the shore, the darkness before her long and uninterrupted. as if the hour itself were paused and the only thing still governed by time was the suckling slap of the ocean drawing along the sand. ahead a figure loomed in the swirling water, dark save for the rime that flurried about his flank. caiaphas drew upright and a scowl coalesced the slender reach of her muzzle.

"hey!" she barked into the wind, the high pitch of her coyote-like voice breaking through the dull lash of water. she stood plaintively in the sand, disarming save for the feral vigilance that shrouded her yellow gaze. "you're in my water."