Moonspear again in the glorious [m]asterwork of life

The lengthening daylight and warming temperatures were the subtleties that had lead them this far already and for the dark alpha, evidently, it was enough. Winter was officially behind them and spring had only just come, but tiny hints of its influence were showing up to those who knew where to look.

Amekaze had somehow been caught up in this great push-and-pull of the season too, and nature deemed it fit to make a suggestion such as this one right now. The signs were delicately complex and understated at first. But by today, she had no right to just quietly ignore it anymore; the last threshold was crumbling fast. A focus that kept finding a way to involve Charon reminded her over and over again, so badly that she was starting to feel impatient for what could follow, be it the next few hours or several weeks.

So Amekaze huffed and sought to balance that anxiousness out if she could, but her heart raced along anyway. He was close and her paws weren't stopping the forward momentum any. It only felt natural to go with the rhythm here.

He appeared suddenly and cut her path in one fell swoop. Her head swung up and rest of her body electrified accordingly, and not with the ache and soreness she'd felt weighing it all down last time. This satisfaction slid her lips back into a teasing snarl, although she knew he needed no invitation of the sort. Pulled up to his whole height, he came to her prideful and alive. Her arced tail waved slowly while the rest of her posture suggested the edge of an impending lunge, contrasted by the playful lure in her expression and the slow stop she brought her paws to. She'd let him take the chance and come even closer.