i learned the voices died with me

She focused on preparing herself for winter. The dark priestess ate more than usual, bulking up for herself and the pups inside of her that she would nurture, for once. Meldresi was finishing one such meal; the thick haunch of a deer, accompanied by its liver, by her borders, when she saw a form stalking past the thickets that protected one of her borders. It wasn't just skirting past her land on its way to another destination, no, it was looking in.

Setting the remaining meat aside, Meldresi rose, stalking forward to get a closer look at the lurking beast. A wolf, a hybrid of coyote and wolf blood. Wondering if this female had interests in joining (though she might just be more curious of her woods), Meldresi revealed herself, tail held high, gazing at the coywolf curiously. "May I ask why you are lurking around here in such a manner?"