Horizon Ridge JOIN · The soul felt its worth

Yay for being exceptionally vague. =)

Akhlut's world was settling comfortably into place. With the sun on his back, the sea in his sight, and the earth beneath his paws, Akhlut-the-Kesuk-Nereides had always been pleased. But now with his pack making a home for themselves at Horizon Ridge, Akhlut-the-Alpha-Male felt the satisfaction of being a part of something larger and more enduring than himself--that was the hope, at least. He saw in Lysianassa, in particular, his aspirations for the future, for she was a creature of the Sea and of the Light, just as he was, and she was both Kesuk and Nereides to her very bones. Yet he could not spend all his time indulging his whims by watching her play on the beach, and he knew that despite his wish to treat her like his baby sister, she was growing up faster than he could ever dream and she needed her own time to do it in.

So he meandered along the borders of Horizon Ridge's claimed lands, a bit put out without the girl's presence and with no other companion to fill it. His boredom, however, was quickly filled with snowflakes and soon with sound, as the howl of another breeched the silent snowfall. Bright-eyed and with a keen expression, Akhlut made swift work of the distance between himself and the female who'd howled, unable to shake the impression that he'd heard that voice before. When he saw her, he knew his instinct had been correct; he supposed his eyes even widened, for he had not expected Blacktail Deer Plateau's Delta to show up on his metaphorical doorstep.

"Good day, Pied," he said, not unpleasantly, but clearly with some reticence. What had brought the female here, and without her swarthy and, he still suspected, Dark leader in tow? He did not query further, only stepped close enough for conversation and lifted his tail faintly, one brow quirked in unspoken question.