Blackfoot Forest counterpoint

Ivev stopped suddenly, one paw lifted in the air. Instead of completing her preamble, the white wolf's entire body quivered as she lifted her muzzle aloft in the air. With a twitching nose, the female stared cautiously about. The scent of Vector was stronger here, and she guessed he had taken this path several times whilst traveling about the realm. Having veered away from the stream, she was now standing in a forest surrounded by towering conifers. Shadows cast from their branches made ghostly designs upon the ground, and suddenly she wished she was back in open territory and under the sun.

Even in mid-morning the forest was dark, and her halt had caused Ivev to react. She felt as if eyes were glowering at her from around a trunk or peering up curiously from rabbit burrows. The snowbird was even more fearful when something unattached itself from the vegetation, striding towards her. It was large, a monotonous gray beast with eyes of hardened silver. Ivev stepped back, her hind legs tensing to steady herself, and she turned to meet his dominant posture.

He smelled like Vector, except stronger. The glimmer in his eyes was familiar, she had seen it in plenty of enraged creatures. But Ivev hadn't been wrecking havoc on his home- in fact, she had only wandered a little too far. A rush of confidence surged in her veins. Her chin was lifted in her stance, paired with a cool icy gleam.

Yes? she prodded, lips in a firm line. Ivev would do her best to stand her ground, but inside she knew she was at fault. The opalescent wolf would do her best to counter, but this little meeting could turn sour, very fast.