Rise

he heard the song of their clashing roar, and it swept along his spine, as an ocean washes over the sands. taltos, hackles prickling with delicious anticipation, lifted his own voice in allegiance to the one who would be witch, baying his fealty and his love for tartok with all the passion that was in him. he would be alongside her one day; she had not known him long enough to understand this, but their bond, this beginning ... these were just the first steps.