The Heartwood Exploration (M)

The time for bandying words to and fro had passed, in Lecter's opinion; he did not converse with rocks, and these two seemed dull-witted enough to pass for the stone droppings of the earth. They had sat down in the dirt, shoulder to shoulder, and this gesture only reinforced the shaman's belief that they operated together, beneath the feckless rein of their ill-toned stallion, Majesty.

The Beta allowed Kaname to speak, his own lips sliding back to reveal fangs yellowed with use and with age. He was thin, and aged past each of the other three, but a fervent bloodlust burned in his breast; he would not be struck down. Not today.

As the Gamma pressed forward, so Lecter followed, paws gripping the earth as he thrust himself into the scant few inches of personal space the female called her own, holding her eyes with a cold threat.

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