Emberflame Ridge bloody contemplation

Indigo remained neutral, regarding the stranger as his scent came to her beneath the heavy metallic stink of blood.  Her mouth still watered, last night's meal having already burned off from her system. His physique reminded her of her brothers and father and there was oddly something comforting in that memory, though it didn't stay for long.  The stranger took to baring his fangs at her and issued a deep warning growl. She licked her lips instinctively out of deference, a natural response when she'd not been expecting aggression, but the female's demeanor changed in a flash.  Too much time spent alone had left her rather feral, it had been awhile since she had the opportunity to benefit from a social experience, and she was quick to match the male's threatening display.

Lips curled back over her own bared fangs, pale and yellowed slightly from age. Her thick coat bristled with alarm and her ears stood erect, but she made no movement towards the other, simply standing stiff legged in place.  Indigo's growl was low pitched and guttural but she did not push for volume, her's was simply a warning, she would fight if charged. Her gaze however, averted from the stranger's. She was not challenging the hunter for his meal, but only asserting her own dominance as a lone she wolf, displaying her strength and bravery without immediate and brash action. The male had no reason to share his meal with her after all, and a part of her understood his immediate reaction, but the survivalist in her wasn't about to back down and show weakness or leave tuck-tailed like a cowed pup.