Blacktail Deer Plateau Command me to be well

She'd wondered if she'd be tested by him.  She'd half expected it now... but no, it wasn't to be.  She followed, a little puzzled by the cryptic urgency, but didn't say anything until they'd arrived.

She couldn't help but grin a little when the rush seemed to be towards a sunset.  A secret romantic, I wasn't expecting an escort,  she teased.  She'd lost most of her interest in those of his sex, but old habits died hard.  Ribald humor was a standby she'd likely never lose.  

I thought we should meet.  She'd heard some tell of him from Erzulie and others but liked to take her own measure.  He was large... in a way, a bit reminiscent of Vlad.  A man she hadn't thought of in a long while.