Stavanger Bay You blink once, then it's gone

It seemed fitting as the dove stood placidly upon the shore that her re-entrance to the Teekon Wilds started once more along the edge of the sea. The coast was still a mystery to her, though this time, the salty air held less allure than before. The first time she had arrived, a handsome stranger had greeted her. His name was lost to her now—his scent no longer seeming to linger along the sandy beach, and so assumed to have drifted like the rest of them.

His offer had not been her course, nor did she particularly regret not staying by the ocean. It was a beautiful sight—but it was not where her heart belonged.

It could be argued that her heart lay buried upon the peaks of the higher mountains, now. Perhaps, it was gone for good.

Blinking emerald eyes, Ketzia surveyed the seaside away from the waters, view falling upon a darker form by the frothy shore. Considering her options, the widowed woman crept closer, exotic muzzle swung low and her expression impassable as she closed the distance between them. Why she had returned, she did not know.

Some things were simply better left unexplored.