Stavanger Bay come wayward souls who wander through the darkness

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The worrisome expression on her face said that his rigid nature was not what she needed, and the inky titan forced himself into a calm state. The dark of his eyes searched her, hoping that he would somehow find the answers to all of his frets in the green of her gaze. But that was it; she was of the forest and he was of the sea, so how could he seek to gain answers from the witch of the wood? The leviathan wanted nothing more than to breathe in the scent of her thick ivory fur until the worries of the world vanished from his shoulders. But there were things to be done, and he had only just begun in his attempt to claim the bay as his own. The brute could not accept failure as an option. He feared what this might do to the relationship he had built with the kindly girl, but the sea king realized that she was still young and it was not very wise to dwell on it.
 
When she spoke, her words were rational and seemed to soothe his fears only slightly. The great wraith breathed a heavy sigh and his lip curled over his yellowed fangs. It was in this moment that he realized, Deirdre had not fully understood his intentions for her. A cold hand wrapped around his insides and the fur along his neck bristled ever so slightly. She had posed the question; if the sea wolves were to serve as the forests protectors, then what was there to fret over? Pulling his gaze up to meet her own, Skellige breathed in the saline of the air before offering her an answer. “Because my feelings for you are turning into something more than that of a protector,” he rumbled quietly, the fire of his eyes remained locked with her own.
 
If she could not surmount what his intentions were from that alone, he was not certain that he could continue to pursue her. The thought was a painful one and it forced his heart to clench inside of his chest. He was destined for great things, however; he could not allow a budding romance to prevent him from doing what he had ventured to the wilds to do.  

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