Shy Deer Steppes the silent shouter on the hill

maybe @Toula? (set near AK's borders)

As the sun rose, marking another clear-skied day of a new spring, the serpent Leshen prowled from the snowmelted steppes, closer and closer to the borders behind which the priestess sheltered. He craved her attention, itched and ached to fulfill her unmet needs; she had ordered the head of her enemy from him, and he had been unable to produce it.

Shame filled him every time he set redwine eyes upon the plateau of Akashingo, but it did not deter him from lingering. Ever present. Ever skulking. Ever hungry.