Blackfeather Woods Stay away [M]

A sound he was entirely unfamiliar with had been offered up from the female, but it hadn't lasted long. In a matter of seconds, he'd gone from feeling welcomed to the woman snapping at him, a growl substituting whatever sound she'd made prior. Her tail rose to show dominance, something he didn't enjoy witnessing. It was common for the males to let the females take on the more dominant role come the time for mating, but a sliver of his pride managed to break through the hypnotized state he'd been placed under. That led to his own tail rising and eyes narrowing, but his gaze had softened back up quickly as a whine escaped him, apologizing. He wanted to follow her as she began backing up, but the nuisance that was the other male decided he wasn't yet ready to get away from them.

The stranger grew closer, but seemed to have a larger interest in the female than he did in the boy. When Mikasi decided to make a move towards Venus, the young Inuit was quick to intercept. He'd been quick to station himself between the other two, eyes facing the man. Xan's hackles raised and he flashed his teeth at the other with a snarl, warning him to stay back. His tail was raised high over his back and his ears were shoved forward, letting it be known that he was the more dominant of the two. Having reached the woman first, he felt himself to have some sort of claim over her, and wasn't about to let someone else swoop in and have their curse removed before his own had been.