Duskfire Glacier [m] seremoni

The bounty hunter doubled back. He would not brave the outer wilds again before the snow had passed, but perhaps... perhaps he had missed something. Perhaps his prey was closer at hand than he'd guessed. He travelled with his nose to the ground, lifting only occasionally to taste the air.

It was on one of these occasions that the breeze brought him whispering word of a far greater prize.

A man came, prowling closer as his eyes fell on the redcloaked woman. He announced himself with a quiet sneeze, climbing lithely up the incline to reach her. At this distance, saltbrine filled his nares along with the more cloying scent of estrus. His blood thundered; a sea creature stood before him.

He tested her boundaries, drawing as near as she would allow him.