Redtail Rise sclera

asmodeus saw the man and halted in the snow on stiff legs. for a long moment he considered running again. 

and then his alabaster tail arced defiantly, and the hackles bristled as if they were a bouquet of icicles. 

i'll have your woman, he sang into the teeth of the wind, song ending abruptly as he waited to see if his bait would take.