Qeya River jus in the wada

Briefly they danced, with Seregryn on the offensive and the boy waffling about what to do. He was fearful at first - she could sense it in his movements, smell it on him as his emotions shifted - and Sere wondered what he would do about it. Attack her in earnest? Prove himself as a warrior when she doubted him wholeheartedly? Or maybe he would give in to the game, and in that manner grow lackluster to her -- there wasn't time to contemplate things fully, because the tawny boy did react. He reacted brilliantly, and in just the manner she required of him. Suddenly he beset her with his teeth, grappling with the fur of her scruff and pinching at her skin; she immediately let out a squeal of protest, and braced her slight body against the embankment. She would have laughed had the force of his assault not been so surprising, so fierce -- and instead of laughter, a rumbling, bubbling cacophony came pouring out from her.

He pushed her, and she had to give way because of their differences in size. No matter her skill level, he was bigger, and he could do as he pleased. So she was thrust in to the waterway and left pulling away from him, trying to be free of his grip; his teeth were so well set into her flesh that she would have to wait for him to give her up. This game was out of her control now. She rounded on him as best she could with her dark face, and snapped at him with some voracity, this time not with playful nips but decidedly sadistic emphasis. Her grabs were useless -- he was at the precise angle of success that made him impossible for her to grab, and she was slipping on the wet stones, weighed down by the river water.

A speck of blood from her neck slid from the junction of mouth-to-neck and dropped in to the river, muddying it with a brief stain of red that diffused with the pulse and flow. If he gave up his hold now, she would scamper back across the river -- and if he held firm, Seregryn's playful mood would sour fully, and she would not relent in her retribution. And to think, she had caused all this herself! Trying to find some fun, trying to play games and test the limits of her surroundings. Consider these limits tested, then.