Dawnlark Plains rhythm romancing

The strangers spoke quick words that Indra couldn't hear for all the pounding in her own ears. She looked to Val when he hissed her name, only to avert her eyes immediately.

Licking her lips in excess. Rocking back and forth at first - she would be pacing if she could stand, but her whole body quaked uselessly instead, and as Val drew closer Indra froze with her ears slicked against her head. Her tail, tucked so close to her belly she looked to be missing the appendage entirely.

Tiny whines wheezed out of her. Shuddered breaths returned the rich scent of soil and fern to her nose, but she couldn't speak. She couldn't move. All she could do was sit frozen there in panic.