Shadewood kiaruk ❂

With the analysis he had her undergo, his selfishness bode him searching for someone’s scent that was not her own-
and he had found none. A pleasant twist to a smile refreshed his face, a subtle win he stuffed in a fur-sheath pocket.

“Good- then he may stay there...unless you plan to return to him.” Of course she would, had the chosen one existed. It almost riled him, this fantasy she tried to pull over his eyes. Staring into her own, he almost wanted to believe her. He would let her have her show. She was cute trying to lie to him, trying to defy him.

However, at mention of her needing her furs back, he grew stiff. The Phantom felt this was for Kukutux to take her leave, for her to just disappear- he didn’t think she would take it seriously. But was this another misunderstanding..?
He didn’t have time nor patience for misunderstandings. 

“You come to leave, yet leave what you came with?” It felt almost as though it was an insult, as though Little Duck underestimated his Wife, hell, the Keep! 

“And you offer me nothing but words and absence- yet you bring her ease.” What of him? What of his pains, his broken solidarity that he pointed accusing claws at the gentle spoken doe before him. 
She had another husband for goddamn-

There was no other husband. 

Taking a calm and silent inhale, he banished the sticky ink that sought to spot over this situation. He would allow her lies to stain him- he was dark enough as it was without her manipulating, as well.

Ears splashed a sharp whirl back as he took his gaze from her, almost disgusted at this circumstance, what it had become, and how they ended up. Lids shut over those glacials, coffins for the frozen soul that lay beneath them. 
He dismissed her silently, swallowing the vehement surges that gurgled hungrily in his throat, scraping ceaselessly against a tight windpipe. 

She had precious seconds of this peace, of him allowing her passage without any protest-

Should she not hurry, words would twist between fangs, and those would land without a dam to hold them back, this time.