black halo

*Kaniq* · September 20, 2013, 01:59 AM

By the way, I forgot to mention in my first post that they are a pretty good distance away from the scent markings that denote Ton's borders. Once Kaniq determined where they were strongest, he would've moved safely away from them before calling for her. JUST FYI, BRO.

She was swift to come to him, and he knew without a shadow of doubt in his heart that she was Tartok. It was something in the way she carried herself, moving like liquid shadow through the night, a great black beast of a she-wolf with eyes that glittered darkly with mixed malice, curiosity, and contempt. It was something in the way her scent rode the night air, rich with the subtle hues of secretive forest wood and cold mountain stone and touched with the unmistakable undertones of wild, savage, indomitable female. It was something in the air around her, the way the silence became something deeper, darker, more foreboding as she drew near, the way the forest seemed to lean in around her, the way the mountain towered behind her with a sense of dominion -- her castle.

There was no doubt in his mind that this was who he sought.

Dark, gleaming eyes found his and stared fearlessly, challenging him, testing him. In that moment, she was the smith and he her metal; she would need to determine his worth before he could be shaped into a sword to be wielded by her hand. He, of course, did not consciously think this; it was only the vaguest of instincts that told him not to look away. He stood there, gigantic black brute facing gigantic black brute, and returned her gaze with bold defiance, fire simmering in his lurid orange eyes. His stance was not challenging or assertive in any way, but neither was it submissive or weak. A long moment of loaded silence hung suspended over them, the very stars themselves seeming to wait with shimmering anticipation to see what would happen next, before Kaniq finally broke the silence. His voice was a deep, dark baritone as he spoke: "Tartok." If she was who he was looking for, she would understand immediately. With that one word, he told her everything she needed to know about him and he asked her everything he needed to know of her.