Raven's Watch Over snow by winter sown

Aries had been travelling frequently in recent times, though his wanderings always trailed back to the forest that never slept, where the leaves stayed green even through the winter chill. He always returned; primarily for Nyx, as it was his duty to protect and defend her... and now, Damien, too. Whoever they brought into the world in the future would be more targets for him to guard - he was their shield, it was his purpose.

The reaper's frosted gaze tipped up toward the grey sky, where a prickly burst of snowflakes gasped from above to shoot down and spray the land beneath; the breath of polar dust scattered over his nape, but Aries cared not to shake them from his fur. A scent had caught in his nostrils, a distant, almost familiar scent... there was only one person it could be, that tempted his legs to drift forward in pursuit - the one he came across was not her, and when his lips parted to taste the air on his tongue, he caught very little trace of what had flooded his senses only moments before.

Glacial eyes watched the youth with a cold stare, hardened like the sharp edge of a knife - ordinarily, he might have teased them, or growled til they fled; perhaps even attempted snapped their neck purely because he could, but he didn't. "Who are you?" Came the disdainful grunt, rumbling from the depths of his throat.